On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@ij.net> wrote:
4 different kinds. :-) I started with 3 sticks of 16 chip PC100 128M and 1 of 8 chip PC100 64M. I figured out it didn't like one of the 128s, and put another in. Later I pulled the 64 and put in an 8 chip 256M PC133. So now it has 640M total. Not another Mac. I only have the one. I doubt trying it in something else that isn't picky would prove anything. And, I'm not going to pull RAM out of other machines to try, or try putting in other 64M or 32M sticks, which is all I have other than another 8 chip 256 I tried that doesn't work in it at all.
The different types of RAM could be the problem. I would try to just use 2 of the 128MB chips and see what happens. You should be able to install with 256MB no problem. I was able to on a few systems.
Seems to be a Workgroup Server G4 (M7834LL/A). Sticker on back says: The 7834 doesn't seem to exist there.
Yeah, those servers were just the standard models with a little more stuff in them. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workgroup_Server Since yours is a 400Mhz, it could be 1 of 3 models. The Yikes! ZIF Model(Doubt it), the Sawtooth or the Gigabit ethernet. You should be able to tell by doing an lspci and seeing what type of chip it has.
As I wrote in reply to Carlos a bit ago, I got 10.3 to install, so the problem must be some incompatibility with that machine and 11.0, and/or whatever the y2logs say, or a bug in the 11.0 isos.
I have a Sawtooth(G4/400) and a Digital Audio(G4/533) version of the G4 that I am hoping to get up and running with Linux soon. However, I doubt it will be this weekend. I have a Blue & White G3(G3/400/1GB) that I will probably be putting Linux on this weekend.
AFAIK, it's running on the original, but I looked at the 800 upgrade link you posted Monday and might go for it if I can satisfy myself the box is sound.
I'm tempted as well. These G4 Macs can be upgraded all the way to a 2Ghz single or 1.8Ghz dual processor. The 100Mhz FSB versions probably aren't worth too much, but the 133's wouldn't be too bad. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org