PowerMac 7500/G3

[Christopher Jett]

Can I then install YDL 2.2 for compatibility?  I don't have an old processor
card for this, so removing the upgrade is really not an option.

I guess I will try installing OS X using XPostFacto.  I really just need a
DNS server.

on 1/23/03 9:06 PM, Jerry Grubbs at jgrubbs5@insightbb.com wrote:

> Christopher,
> I'll send you a copy of a similar question i asked recently of YDL.
> __________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> I have followed all printed and on screen instructions for installing
> and using Bootx. I installed and saved Bootx on my scsi drive named
> Macintosh HD which I formated OS standard and installed OS 9.2.2 after
> making 2 partitions. First 6 gig unassigned/remainder was standard for
> OS 9.2.2. I have an IDE drive installed but not powered at the moment
> since OS 10.2 lives there and I don't want it messed up.
> After macOS 9.2.2 loads I clicked the Bootx option (force SCSI on) . I
> have choosen ramdisk-x11 from the macintosh HD System folder and
> clicked ok. When I click OK nothing happens except that I am returned
> to the main  choose your OS window.After waiting about 30 minutes for
> something to happen I click the Linux button because all the commands
> at the top of the screen are no longer available. The computer reboots,
> I click Linux when it appears on the OS choice screen, the #1 YDL disk
> has been in the cd drive forever and I get (OOPS kernal access of bad
> area, sig: 11), lots of other stuff on the screen and (kernal panic:
> attempted to kill init!) Rebooting in 180 seconds.
> ====================================================
> Mon Jan 20, 2003 ... 05:58:16 pm
> 
> It might be your upgrade card unfortunately. As of YDL 2.3 we can no
> longer officially support the CPU upgrade. If you remove the upgrade
> card, does the install work?
> ====================================================
> The above response was sent to me on Jan 20, 2003
> 
> My YDL profile shows a G3 Beige 266Mhz upgraded to a G4 500Mhz
> processor. apparently YDL 2.3 does NOT run with upgraded CPU's. Yeah,
> bummer!!! I am not going back to 266 Mhz.
> 
> 
> Jerry
> 
> On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 02:23 PM, Christopher Jett wrote:
> 
>> I am brand new to the list and still downloading my installation CD
>> image as
>> I write this.  I am going to try to install YDL on a PowerMac 7500
>> with a
>> Sonnet 500mhz G3 upgrade.  Has anyone had success doing this?  Will
>> YDL work
>> OK with ATA drives attached to the Sonnet Tempo ATA/66 card?  My
>> intention
>> is to use this spare machine as a DNS server.
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