Stock 7500 won't boot 3.0

[gladiool]

I got a old 7500/100 for free,

bought a second hand 4 gig 7200 rpm scsi, drive
128 mb of memory, and a newertech 266/133 g3 upgrade,
and it's flying really fast right now. didn't cost much.

Only YDL wont see my 7500 onboard sound, and i can't seem to run
higher resolutions than 800 times 600 with fbdev, while in mac OS i can
(vision master pro)
but ill figure those out ass well..

regards

tim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clinton MacDonald" <clint.macdonald@sbcglobal.net>
To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Stock 7500 won't boot 3.0


> Mr. Dunbar:
>
> On Tuesday, October 14, 2003, at 07:10  AM, Lee Dunbar wrote:
> > Stock Power Macintosh 7500/100: Original CPU (601, 100 MHz), 288 megs
> > ram (Original 32 megs + 2 @ OWC 128 meg), 1.2 Gig Quantum + added 1.0
> > Gig Seagate, Original Apple 600i CDROM drive, no added cards (no IDE,
> > no added graphics/video cards), no modem. Apple 12" RGB monitor.
>
> Long ago I installed YDL on a 7500 with few problems (though I haven't
> touched it recently). You might consider upgrading the CPU to a PPC 604
> at, say, 180-200 MHz (try looking on eBay). Also, if you want to use a
> graphical user interface, you will probably want a larger monitor. In
> my experience, the KDE and Gnome interfaces aren't happy with anything
> smaller than an 800 x 600 monitor. Finally, you might feel a little
> cramped with a 1.2 GB hard drive unless you install the minimal
> (non-GUI) system.
>
> > I placed the burned YDL 3.0 CDR into the Apple 600i CDROM reader of my
> > PowerMac 7500. I shutdown the Mac, waited 5 seconds, powered the mac
> > up, and immediately after hearing the chimes of Macintosh happiness,
> > but before the grey screen pops on, I pressed and held the "c" key, to
> > boot from CDROM. I heard the CDROM drive do a head seek, but then the
> > system boots from the hard disk (MacOS 8.1).
> > [...]
> > I have tried different key combinations: Command-c, command-shift-c,
> > command-option-control-c, nothing will boot the YDL CD.
>
> The Yellow Dog Linux installer is *not* a bootable CD. You should read
> up on the detailed and explicit installation instructions:
>
> <http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/installation/ydl3.0_guide-
> single.pdf>
>
> > Today, I returned to the YDL site, and see that YDL is now 3.0.1.
>
> 3.0.1 is (reportedly) mostly bugfixes, but 3.0 has been fine for most
> of us on this mailing list. YDL 3.0.1 will be made available for
> download in several weeks, or you can purchase it now from Terra Soft:
>
> <http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/store/index.php?submit=ydl>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
> -- 
> Dr. Clinton C. MacDonald | <mailto:clint DOT macdonald AT sbcglobal DOT
> net>
>
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