Paul--
When I have tried this with YellowDog 3.0 and 4.0 -- I will get one
of two results on multiple tries. Either a pci@80000 error and the
installer cannot find a linux kernel to boot from so I get just a
boot: prompt -- or everything boots fine -- I can do the partitioning
step and package selection -- However after package selection when it
actually tries to write the partition table to the HD and format then
write packages to the HD it locks down -- no error message -- in fact
everything appears to work normal and I can switch to other consoles
just fine -- again no obvious error messages...just no activity
either. Now with the Fedora Core 4 or 5 installers for ppc -- the
machine always boots and finds a kernel... no pci@80000 error ever --
and I can do partitioning and package selection just fine -- but at
the end of that when it normally writes and formats the partitions
everything locks down. Please understand that by mentioning YellowDog
3.0 and 4.0 and Fedora Core 4 and 5 -- I have all of those discs
burned and have actually tried each one.
The Intech ATA patch I mentioned is part of a package they make
called SpeedTools.
The full SpeedTools package is expensive -- but they have a High-
Capacity ATA patch that was only $25 -- I think it is a MacOSX kernel
patch but really am not sure. As to what OF patch level this machine
is actually at I could not tell you -- I am currently running MacOS
10.4 and for some reason the Apple System Profiler from 10.4 crashes
every time I run it. I do have a Firewire port on this B&W G3 and
have heard there is some issue with that and Apple System Profiler.
I have not tried booting the Fedora installers with the nodmraid
option you mentioned -- so I may try that ....If I format this
machine entirely over to linux and had the option of doing MacOSX
through Mac-on-Linux if that still works I would do that. Prior to
the advent of MacOSX
I have had some form of PPC Linux running on a PowerMac 6100 - a
7100- and a Umax J700 Mac clone with MacOS 7.5.3 - 9.2 -- I also have
run every version of RedHat and Fedora Core on regular PC's going
back to Redhat 5.0 -- I am not bragging -- just pointing out that the
Linux part of things I pretty much understand but there may be some
interaction between Linux and MacOSX or OF in the install process
that I do not have a clue about. I also have an older G3 Imac that
runs Fedora Core 4 with no problem whatsoever.
I would strongly prefer to have Linux on this box - but need some
access to MacOSX for Dreamweaver and Photoshop which I use quite a
bit for work. I know that the 137gb thing is something to do with OF
-- so there may be enough problems there that I just really need to get
an ATA controller card and skip the whole issue...but it will be a
bit yet before I have the funds for that.
Anyway sorry to be longwinded and thanks for the help!!
I may try the -nodmraid option and see if that changes anything.
James Rooker-
On Nov 2, 2006, at 6:10 AM, Paul Nasrat wrote:
>
What sort of patches are you talking about - Open Firmware/FCode
patches
or OS X kernel patches?
Also are you running the most recent firmware patches from Apple
for the
B&W?
> I would like to set
> this machine up dual boot -- MacOSX and Fedora ppc
> linux. However with both Fedora Core 4 and Fedora Core
> 5 ppc installers -- I can boot the machine just fine
> and run the installer to the partitioning stage -- but
> it never actually writes any linux packages to the HD
> at all the installer locks up when I try to write
> partitions to either drive ...
Can you give more details on the lock - is it just a lock or is it a
traceback/error message. Can you switch ttys to tty3 and tty4? If
so are
there any messages there?
Paul