Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-ppc (49 mails)

[Olaf Hering <olh@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 07, Uwe Kraemer wrote:

> I have tried to install Suse 6.4 on my brandnew PowerMac 450 MP. Partition
> is 10GB on the 30GB HD. Now, after failure with Yaboot I'm having trouble
> setting up the Firmware boot procedure. Now my question: does anyone have
> experience with Suse 6.4 on a PowerMac 450 MP or should I upgrade to 7.0
> (because my machine is somewhat newer than the 6.4 delivery, also some
> hardware, e.g. the mouse has changed).

6.4 should work. You need a newer kernel. Try that one:
http://penguinppc.org/~olaf/beta/vmlinux-benh-2.2.18pre17-ben1

That will appear on our ftp server in a few hours, with some bugfixes.
Read the support database how to update the kernel.
http://support.suse.de/en/sdb/html/olh_ppc_64_new_powermacs.html


Gruss Olaf

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