Unable to install on G4 500 with SCSI and Cinema display : Solved.
From CD: Disk error wrong partition 1, then black. Nothing happens after
Over the last week I have gotten so much help from the group that I thought I should give back what something. A while ago I asked for help installing SuSE PPC 7.0 on my G4 500 I ordered my machine with SCSI and later I installed an ATA drive. Symptom Unable to Boot of the CD and drive partition. Message during boot: that
From Disk: various messages, then black.
For a long time I was sure that it was a SCSI error and I searched for answers in that direction, however it turned out to be the ADC connection on the video card. Fix: Download the later Kernel from SuSE, extract it and rename it. Change the yaboot to image= vmlinux label=install root=/dev/what ever you drve is, mine is sda6 initrd=ramdisk.image.gz append="load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=64000 video=atyfb video=ofonly" Have the CD in the drive and go for it. The kernel will find the SCSI drive (at least ATTO SCSI cards) the installation should proceed as normal. Then after installation Start up with your Apple CD and edit the yaboot.conf file again image = vmlinux label = linux root = /dev/sda9 append = "video=atyfb video=ofonly" The append line is VERY important. DO NOT DO WHAT SuSE Say you should do :-) at their web site they propose to insert a this append line : "video=aty128fb:vmode22" it does not work on my machine, if it works on yours use it, it Is a better choice. Their solution loads the video driver, mine does not. Finding the right modline and driver is work in progress, so don¹t ask ill send an update when I have it. Regards Even
On Sun, Feb 25, Even wrote:
Download the later Kernel from SuSE, extract it and rename it.
Change the yaboot to
image= vmlinux label=install root=/dev/what ever you drve is, mine is sda6 initrd=ramdisk.image.gz append="load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=64000 video=atyfb video=ofonly"
Have the CD in the drive and go for it. The kernel will find the SCSI drive (at least ATTO SCSI cards) the installation should proceed as normal.
Then after installation Start up with your Apple CD and edit the yaboot.conf file again
image = vmlinux label = linux root = /dev/sda9 append = "video=atyfb video=ofonly"
The append line is VERY important. DO NOT DO WHAT SuSE Say you should do :-) at their web site they propose to insert a this append line : "video=aty128fb:vmode22" it does not work on my machine, if it works on yours use it, it Is a better choice. Their solution loads the video driver, mine does not.
What kernel do you use? 2.2.18 switch to 1600x1024 when you specify vmode:22 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 does not, 2.4.2 should be ok again. Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
On 2/26/01 9:28 AM, "Olaf Hering"
On Sun, Feb 25, Even wrote:
Download the later Kernel from SuSE, extract it and rename it.
Change the yaboot to
image= vmlinux label=install root=/dev/what ever you drve is, mine is sda6 initrd=ramdisk.image.gz append="load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=64000 video=atyfb video=ofonly"
Have the CD in the drive and go for it. The kernel will find the SCSI drive (at least ATTO SCSI cards) the installation should proceed as normal.
Then after installation Start up with your Apple CD and edit the yaboot.conf file again
image = vmlinux label = linux root = /dev/sda9 append = "video=atyfb video=ofonly"
The append line is VERY important. DO NOT DO WHAT SuSE Say you should do :-) at their web site they propose to insert a this append line : "video=aty128fb:vmode22" it does not work on my machine, if it works on yours use it, it Is a better choice. Their solution loads the video driver, mine does not.
What kernel do you use? 2.2.18 switch to 1600x1024 when you specify vmode:22 2.4.0 and 2.4.1 does not, 2.4.2 should be ok again.
Gruss Olaf I am using 2.4.1, later tonight I am going to change to 2.4.2 :-)
Thanks Regards Even
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