YDL installation issues with G5

Ryan Nix yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Jul 5 11:40:01 2004


I think you need the "beta" version.  I didn't even know there was a G5 
YDL for production use, yet.

Gregory Allen wrote:

>> I have a serious issue with installing YDL 3.0.1 on a G5.
>
>
> Several months have passed, and we are also having a similar problem. 
> We have a dual 2GHz Xserve. I'm using 
> yellowdog-3.0.1-sirius-20040316-PowerMacG5 discs.
>
> Regardless of which install mode, we get:
>
> ... ok
> copying OF device tree... done
> starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,G5... failed: 00000000
> Initializing fake screen: ATY,Bluestar
> address: 9c008000
> calling quiesce...
> returning 0x01400000 from prom_init
>
> Nothing happens after that.
>
>
> And I just paid $89.95 so I could download these images. :)
>
> Does anyone have suggestions as to how to proceed?
>
> Thanks,
> -Greg