Trying to install on a 3400c PowerBook. Help!

[Deacon Nikolai]

Thank you Derick!

     I had read since then that One could install 3.1 then upgrade  
and it would work, but I guess not. My big issue right now seems to  
be that I cannot properly burn the isos from my iBook running Mac OS  
X 10.4.2 to CDs and make them bootable (as I tried using them to book  
my iBook w/o success too) any help with the process?

     I am a big fan of the PowerPC processor, so I might buy one of  
the last PPC Macs when they go completely Intel, to keep running on  
my processor of choice. If my experementing with YDL goes well, it  
could be a way to stick with PowerPCs.

In Christ,
Deacon Nikolai
http://www.Stanosheck.com

On Aug 6, 2005, at 12:00 PM, yellowdog-newbie- 
request at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:

> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 01:50:06 -0400
> From: Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: Trying to install on a 3400c PowerBook. Help!
> To: Yellow Dog Linux Newbie List
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> 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?