Linux on new powerbook G4 15"

[Pedro Gutierrez]

I guess it hangs trying to configure the video card, maybe probing it.  
And yes, you can do the partitioning, even a full non-graphical install  
with a non-graphical login.

I guess the instructions for partitioning are the same you followed  
before. Using Apple tools, leave an unformated partition por YDL.

I don't have time.. so i'll let others fill you in if you need more  
specific instructions.

Cheers,

Pedro

On Sunday, Sep 28, 2003, at 23:39 Europe/Madrid, Robert Lewis wrote:

> Hello,
>
>    I just bought a new PB 15" G4 1 ghz and Yellow Dog Linux.  I am an  
> old hand at computers of all sorts (especially Macs) and I easily  
> installed another variant of Linux on a Dell six months ago, so I  
> thought this was going to be pretty easy.  Forget it.
>
>    I followed all the directions as best as I could, since the written  
> documentation differs from what actually happens on screen in several  
> ways.  First of all, one cannot install OS 9 on this machine, so while  
> I used  Apple's Disk Tool to create three partitions as instructed,  
> the second one has no OS on it.  I did make it an hfs 5 gig drive.   
> The third partition is about 28 gig, hfs+, and the Apple CD has no  
> trouble installing OS X on it.
>
>    Without going into too much detail, the problem is that everything  
> seems to go fine with the YD installation, except the very last step.   
> It hangs trying to restart.  There is no choice but to cnt-comm-power  
> out of it, which destroys all the YD Linux.
>
>    Now I see on  
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/hardware/breakdown/ 
> index.php?hw_cat_id=4    that
> my PowerBook 2003 G4 (2003) (ATI Mobility Radeon 9600) is NOT  
> supported!  Great.
>
>    My question is, OK if it's not supported yet, is that why it hangs  
> at  the end?  Can I at least do the partitioning now (please provide  
> brutally specific instructions that actually work on this machine) so  
> I can use it as a Mac powerbook while I wait for terrasoft people to  
> get this machine supported?  (I don't want to have to reinitialize it  
> yet again in the future.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Lewis
>
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