G3 upgrade

[Bert Knabe]

On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 03:01  PM, Matt Hanes wrote:

> At 03:40 PM 10/31/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience of installing YDL or any type of linux 
>> (gentoo,debian, etc) on a powerpc upgraded to a g3?
>
> I've done it a few times with no problems on both an upgraded 7500 and 
> a PowerComputing machine. I had to install BootX on the Mac partiion 
> first because it wouldn't boot from the CD key, but that was my only 
> problem.
>
> This assume that all of my SCSI problems aren't associated with the 
> upgrade cards.

They probably weren't. I couldn't get Yellowdog to install at all until 
I quit trying to install it on a SCSI drive. It installed without a 
hitch on an IDE drive.

Bert

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