miboot on a 6400

[Norberto Quintanar]

--- sadfsdf <ydl@augustmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to get miboot working on my performa 6400. I've got it
> to 
> the point where the system recognizes that it can boot of of my
> miboot 
> partition. But, when the system boots, I get two tux's on the same 
> screen; one in the middle of the screen thats just a normal tux,
> and one 
> in the top left that from what I can see is a Tux with a red line
> though 
> it. I have also found two conflicting guides to using miboot, the
> first 
> one was more recently posted on this mailing list, 
>
http://www.tanneryd.com/twiki/bin/view/Techstuff/YDLOnPowerCurveInstall
> 
> the second one is from a while back and is more understandable so I
> have 
> been using it, 
>
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-April/006938.html
> 
> 
> 
> My directory tree for the miboot partition is like this
> |-- System Folder (note: Mac OS has blessed the folder)
> |   |-- Finder
> |   |-- System
> |   |-- boot.conf
> |-- Linux Kernels
> |   |-- vmlinux-2.4.22-2f
> |   |-- vmlinux-2.24.22-2fBOOT
> |-- ramdisk.image.gz
> |-- boot.conf
> 
> My boot.conf is thus:
> 
> init-message = "\n Welcome to YDL!\Press <TAB> for boot
> options.\n\n"
> timeout = 50
> 
> default = bootYDL
> 
> image = vmlinux-2.4.22-2f
> label = bootYDL
> root = /dev/hda6
> append = "video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8"
> 
> image = vmlinux-2.4.22-2fBOOT
> label = install_YDL
> initrd = ramdisk.image.gz
> initrd-size=16384
> root = /dev/ram0
> append = "video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"
> 
> Does anybody have an idea whats wrong?

Are you sure you have the valkyrie chipset?  Both my 6500's were
supposed to contain the valkyrie chipset for video, but actually have
the ati chipset.  If you do have the valkyrie it should read:

"video=valkyriefb:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"

not

"video=valkyriefb3:vmode:14,cmode:8 text"
                 ^
             an extra character?


	
		
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