install on7200

[Matthieu Oppliger]

I Steve,
I installed YDL on my 7200/90 2GB hd a couple a weeks ago. After some tries, 
here is how  succeeded to:

1/ Boot with a Mac OS CD (pressing C touch during booting). Run Hard Disk 
Toolkit, and choose two partitions : one of 50 MB HFS standard (it will be 
for Mac Booting), the rest as Undefined (it will be for YDL, see next 
points...)
2/Install a minimal Mac OS system on the 50 MB partition
3/Install BootX, Kernels (2.2 and 2.4) (important :they have to be in the 
same folder as BootX), and one of the RAM images in the system folder;
4/Remove the BootX extension from your system/extension folder. This will 
allow you to run BootX without a countdown, allowing you to chose the RAM 
disk image ;
5/Localize : BootX, RAM Disks
6/In the boot panel, choose your Mac Partition to reboot in Mac OS
7/Reboot....
8/Run BootX, choosing in options, the RAM Disk you want (txt or img, if you 
want a text or a visual screen for installation. text is faster).
9/Important : for point 8, your YDL CD MUST BE IN THE CD READER !!!
10/Follow instructions of the installer...

Good luck...

On Friday 05 July 2002 13:27, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am new linux on macintosh, and would like to install it on a 7200. I
> have (3) 7200's but after partitioning the harddrive, and installing
> BootX. The system will not start linux install. I selected text install
> over graphic install, in case of conflict (even though I'm using Apple
> graphics and an Apple monitor). When I hit the linux tab, the system
> pauses, and the screen shuts off, then nothing happens.
> Actually I have never got BootX to work, even on my beige G3. I am using
> YDL on my ibook, which uses yaboot.
>
> I would figure that since 7200 is a supported machine, I would have no
> trouble, of course Linux is always a little trouble, since I use Red Hat
> all the time.
>
> There is probably a quick fix to this, but the question is "should"
> there be any fix? Should it not work right the first time?
> Anyway anyones help would be most appreciated.
> Thanks
> Steve
>
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Matthieu Oppliger / Switzerland