plz help

[Iain Stevenson]

If nobody replies it can be because nobody knows the answer to your 
question - there are many Mac variants out there.

You should probably get another version of BootX from 
http://penguinppc.org/~benh.   The error during boot could be because of a 
corrupted kernel image or because you're running out of memory or something 
else!

  Iain



--On Saturday, May 18, 2002 04:11:08 -0700 Asif Hadi <sohan_a@lycos.com> 
wrote:

> I sent out the following mail to all you guys, a couple of days. Could
> someone out there please help me!!
>
> Thx
> Asif
> ==============================================
>
> DATE: Thu, 16 May 2002 18:33:02
> From: "Asif Hadi" <sohan_a@lycos.com>
> To: "YDL newbie mailing list"
> <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>
> Ok i am rather at loss here. I have been having lots with this
> PowerMac of mine installing linux. I tried to install debian at first,
> and now have decided to try out ydl 2.2.
>
> System: PowerMac 5500 running MacOS 8.0 with 32MB and 2 GB HD. Now I
> know that 32MB RAM is small (and some say inadequate) but my friend
> installed (using the text installer) MDK with 32MB RAM so i figured
> that ydl wouldn't have problems with text installer. I am pretty
> comfortable with command-line, so having no x isn't a big deal.
>
> So coming to the problems.
>    First of all the bootx extension is giving problems. As the bootx
> screen comes up after bootup and i choose the appropiate ramdisk from
> options, click on linux on the main window and, wallah, an error
> message from Mac:
>
> " Sorry a sytem error has occured
>    *Bootx extension
>   Unimplemented Trap
> ...................."
>
> Basically advises to restast with shift key pressed to disable
> extensions during boot up.
>
> So met with this i use the bootx app instead of the extension. And
> that goes well enough, with linux installation system starting up (ram
> file uncompressing,.yada yada yada) until it gets to the following
> point.
>
> (i am qouting the last few lines on the screen):
>
> "
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 312k init 8 chrp 8 prep
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00 : rw=0,want=8198,limit=8192
> Ext fs error (device ramdisk(1,0)): ext2_read_inode: unable to read
> inode block-inode=1020, block=819)
> Warning=unable to open initial console
> 01:00:rw=0,want=8198, limit 8192
> Ext fs error (deviceramdisk(1,0)):ext2_read_inode: unable to read
> inode block_inode=1017,block=8197)
> [23:2 2 2 [3] 3]
> ADB Keyboard at 2, handler set to 3
> DetectedADB keyboard, type ANSI
> input 1: ADB HDD on ID 2:2:02
> ADB Mouse at 3, Hanlder set to 2
> input 2: ADB HD on ID 3:3:01
> adb: finished probe test
> "
>
> HERE the system freezes.
>
> Has this smthing to do with insufficient memory? Is there a
> workaround?? Any help would be much appreaciated.
> Thx Asif
>
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>
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