Trying to install on a 3400c PowerBook. Help!

[Derick Centeno]

You downloaded the wrong iso's.

Neither YDL 4.0.1/YDL 4.0 will function with Mac OS 8.6.  With MacOS 
8.6 you can only use either YDL 2.0 or YDL 3.0 or YDL 3.x.x where x is 
any other number version after 3.0 up to BUT NOT AFTER 4.0.

The reason this limitation exists has to do with how a decision was 
made to not support BootX or any Mac OS lower than OS X, starting with 
YDL 4.0  BootX is a control panel application which MacOS 8.6 up to OS 
9 (known as Classic) need to recognize and boot into Linux (thus the 
name BootX).  I'm sure you are aware that you need to prepare a hard 
drive so that YDL is installed onto it, but without BootX you can't 
boot Linux!

The other limitation is how Apple designed those systems using the 
Classic OS; the PB 3400 uses the 603 chip.  It cannot use nor boot YDL 
4.0 directly.
So you are relegated to use either YDL 2 or 3 as I explained above.

Before you consider anything else regarding money expenditure consider 
that staying with YDL 2 or 3 may be new and something great; but many 
more are working on YDL 4.0 and higher with G4's and G5's.  That means 
that if you are stuck somewhere with code or something else, there may 
be too few people to help you because you are too far back in what you 
are using.  Jumping ahead into a G4 or G5 may not be an interesting or 
advisable move for you either because of Apple's announcement that they 
are changing and redesigning all their computers to run from Intel.  In 
other words it may be more worth your while to wait before you spend 
your money until an Intel based Mac desktop or laptop finally comes 
into existence.  Then using an Intel based Linux means also you may no 
longer even be on this list!

Best wishes....
On Aug 5, 2005, at 11:59 PM, Deacon Nikolai wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I downloaded and burned the YDL 4.0.1 isos to try and install YDL on a 
> 3400c but am having no luck with Mac OS 8.6 realizing it is a bootable 
> Cd to start from. Any suggestions or help for this Linux newbie?
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