BIG problem with SuSE 7.0 on iMac DV Special Edition
Hi, I installed SuSE 7.0 PPC on an iMac DV Special Edition. Problem is, when I shut down or restart, I get a grey screen and have to re-install EVERYTHING. Other times, I get a folder icon with a face like it's looking for MacOS. I WANT LINUX!!! :-) Someone told me the bootloader is bad. Is this fixable, and if so how? I have tried EVERYHING (newsgroups, mailing lists and IRC), I don't want to give up but may have to after this. :-( Cheers, Patrick -- Patrick Klee - Linux programmer for hire http://silverchair.futureks.net/~drwho "Life is short, so make your mark."
On Sun, Jun 10, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
Hi, I installed SuSE 7.0 PPC on an iMac DV Special Edition. Problem is, when I shut down or restart, I get a grey screen and have to re-install EVERYTHING. Other times, I get a folder icon with a face like it's looking for MacOS. I WANT LINUX!!! :-) Someone told me the bootloader is bad. Is this fixable, and if so how? I have tried EVERYHING (newsgroups, mailing lists and IRC), I don't want to give up but may have to after this. :-(
Did you install the latest Firmware update? That can cause problems with yaboot. Are you able to boot from the OF prompt like boot cd:,\\yaboot or boot hd:X,\\yaboot were X is the partition number? Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented...
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 01:13:57PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
On Sun, Jun 10, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
Hi, I installed SuSE 7.0 PPC on an iMac DV Special Edition. Problem is, when I shut down or restart, I get a grey screen and have to re-install EVERYTHING. Other times, I get a folder icon with a face like it's looking for MacOS. I WANT LINUX!!! :-) Someone told me the bootloader is bad. Is this fixable, and if so how? I have tried EVERYHING (newsgroups, mailing lists and IRC), I don't want to give up but may have to after this. :-(
Did you install the latest Firmware update? That can cause problems with yaboot.
Are you able to boot from the OF prompt like boot cd:,\\yaboot or boot hd:X,\\yaboot were X is the partition number?
I have installed the latest firmware update on my DV iMac and am using the latest yaboot/ybin with no problems. It is flawless. Joss -- http://www.josswinn.org
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