yellowdog-newbie digest, Vol 1 #1212 - 8 msgs

[David C. Hacker, DVM]

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I have a 1.25 Ghz eMac and it is definitely a great value.
In order to set yaboot to boot both OS X and OS 9 you will have to have 
them on seperate partitions on your hard drive.
I figured the PRAM setting would restore your yaboot.
The printer is probably trying to print the postscript data as ascii 
text.  Try changing drivers for your printer or settings on the driver.
David C. Hacker, DVM
On Aug 21, 2004, at 4:37 PM, Andy Fingerson wrote:

> David, I have a 700 MHz eMac that was purchased in Aug. 2002. Great 
> machine for the price, BTW... even better value these days on the 
> newer eMacs.
>
> Is there a way yaboot can be configured so I can choose between 
> booting OS 9 and OS X? Would this require me to create separate 
> partitions for each Mac OS?
>
> The PRAM resetting did help restore yaboot, thank you.
>
> I was able to get YDL to recognize my Epson printer, but when I did a 
> print off a Mozilla page the printer seemed like it was printing but 
> the printer head was just moving back and forth over the same area of 
> the paper. When I turned off the printer and turned it back on it just 
> kept feeding paper through until I turned the power off. ??
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>> Hi Andy and welcome to the newbie list,
>> Which eMac do you have?  It must be one of the original ones because
>> the new ones won't even boot OS 9, other than in Classic mode within 
>> OS
>> X.
>> To improve your resolutions in MOL run molvconfig again and make sure
>> you go through all of the possible choices for your resolution even if
>> they are generic ones.  Sometimes they work better.
>> The problem with not being able to boot back into your drive is in 
>> part
>> due to the fact that once you install Linux and yaboot you should 
>> never
>> use the startup disk control panel, because it looses your yaboot
>> settings.  Sometimes resetting the PRAM works.  Try holding down
>> command-option-P-R when you startup and let it chime 3 times and see
>> what you get.
>> David C. Hacker, DVM
>> On Aug 19, 2004, at 7:35 PM, Andy Fingerson wrote:
>>
>>>> This is my first post to the newbie list so I'd like to say hello to
>>>> everyone out there. I installed YDL on my eMac about a week ago and
>>>> I'm enjoying the speed of the OS compared to OS X 10.3.5, but I've
>>>> come across a few problems which include not being able to print to
>>>> my Epson Stylus and very poor resolution when using Mac on Linux. I
>>>> noticed something else today; I chose Mac OS 9.2.2 as my startup 
>>>> disk
>>>> in OS X's System Preferences and after restarting the computer I get
>>>> the flashing question mark icon. I then must restart and hold down
>>>> option-command-shift-delete to start up from my external FireWire
>>>> drive which is a carbon copy of my hard drive except it doesn't have
>>>> YDL (not partitioned). I can start up in OS 9.2.2 or OS X with no
>>>> problems on the external drive but OS 9.2.2 on the internal drive
>>>> will not start up. Is this related to my installing YDL? Thanks
>>>> everyone.
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I have a 1.25 Ghz eMac and it is definitely a great value.

In order to set yaboot to boot both OS X and OS 9 you will have to
have them on seperate partitions on your hard drive.  

I figured the PRAM setting would restore your yaboot.

The printer is probably trying to print the postscript data as ascii
text.  Try changing drivers for your printer or settings on the driver.

David C. Hacker, DVM

On Aug 21, 2004, at 4:37 PM, Andy Fingerson wrote:


<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Lucida Grande</param>David, I have a 700
MHz eMac that was purchased in Aug. 2002. Great machine for the price,
BTW... even better value these days on the newer eMacs. 


Is there a way yaboot can be configured so I can choose between
booting OS 9 and OS X? Would this require me to create separate
partitions for each Mac OS?


The PRAM resetting did help restore yaboot, thank you. 


I was able to get YDL to recognize my Epson printer, but when I did a
print off a Mozilla page the printer seemed like it was printing but
the printer head was just moving back and forth over the same area of
the paper. When I turned off the printer and turned it back on it just
kept feeding paper through until I turned the power off. ??


Thank you.


</fontfamily>

<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Lucida Grande</param>Hi Andy and welcome
to the newbie list,

Which eMac do you have?  It must be one of the original ones because 

the new ones won't even boot OS 9, other than in Classic mode within
OS 

X.

To improve your resolutions in MOL run molvconfig again and make sure 

you go through all of the possible choices for your resolution even if 

they are generic ones.  Sometimes they work better.

The problem with not being able to boot back into your drive is in
part 

due to the fact that once you install Linux and yaboot you should
never 

use the startup disk control panel, because it looses your yaboot 

settings.  Sometimes resetting the PRAM works.  Try holding down 

command-option-P-R when you startup and let it chime 3 times and see 

what you get.

David C. Hacker, DVM

On Aug 19, 2004, at 7:35 PM, Andy Fingerson wrote:


<excerpt><excerpt>This is my first post to the newbie list so I'd like
to say hello to 

everyone out there. I installed YDL on my eMac about a week ago and 

I'm enjoying the speed of the OS compared to OS X 10.3.5, but I've 

come across a few problems which include not being able to print to 

my Epson Stylus and very poor resolution when using Mac on Linux. I 

noticed something else today; I chose Mac OS 9.2.2 as my startup disk 

in OS X's System Preferences and after restarting the computer I get 

the flashing question mark icon. I then must restart and hold down 

option-command-shift-delete to start up from my external FireWire 

drive which is a carbon copy of my hard drive except it doesn't have 

YDL (not partitioned). I can start up in OS 9.2.2 or OS X with no 

problems on the external drive but OS 9.2.2 on the internal drive 

will not start up. Is this related to my installing YDL? Thanks 

everyone.</excerpt></excerpt></fontfamily></excerpt></excerpt>
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