Can't install YDL 3.0 on a Nubus PowerPC 7100

[Tobias Bohlin]

Thanks, I will try Linux/PPC. Will I be able to make it a DNS server  
then I wonder?

Regards,

Tobias

2004-05-24 kl. 14.03 skrev Clinton MacDonald:

> Mr. Bohlin:
>
> Tobias Bohlin wrote:
>> This machine won't install the standard Mac OS 8.0.
>
> That's odd -- it should install Mac System 8 without any problem.  
> Where did you get your installation disks? Maybe you have one of the  
> machine-specific install disks that Apple used for a while (a bad  
> experiment that helped no one, in my opinion). However, it sounds as  
> if you are able to boot into Mac System 8. Is that correct?
>
>> Therefore, I did a minimal install.
>
> A minimal install might omit important components. Consider asking  
> someone to borrow a different set of Mac System install disks.
>
>> I've done all the "drag ramdisk.gz... to various
>> locations"-stuff when time for apple menu-control
>> panels-bootx app (trying to open it)
>> I consistently get error 10 and a red hand prompting me to close all  
>> open docs and restart the computer
>
> Yellow Dog says that the PowerPC 7100 (a "NuBus family Power  
> Macintosh") is not very well supported:
>
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/breakdown/index.php? 
> hw_cat_id=8>
>
> They recommend going to the Linux/PPC for NuBus Power Macs page:
>
> <http://nubus-pmac.sourceforge.net/>
>
> That page contains links for different versions of the Linux/PPC  
> kernel and BootX. Try using those.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
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> DOT net>
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