On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 03:32:25PM -0800, ozymandias G desiderata wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to install woody onto a G4 Cube using Ethan's current > preferred method (drop the relevant files on the root of the relevant > volume, craft a yaboot.conf, reboot into OF, etc) using the current > version of boot-floppies. Here is the entirety of my yaboot.conf: > > image=linux > label=install > initrd=root.bin > initrd-size=8192 > append="video=ofonly" > > The command I'm using from OF to boot is > > boot hd:,yaboot > > and then I type 'install' at the yaboot prompt. I get a 'Loading > ramdisk' message (with something that follows immediately afterwards > too quickly to read), the screen blanks, and then it comes back with a > white OF screen with these words: > > ... ok > copying OF device tree...done > Calling quiesce ... > > DO-QUIESCE finishedbooting... > > and hangs. is this an ibook2 (the ibook that doesn't look like a toilet seat)? benh reported that 2.2 does this on these machines, and 2.2 isn't exactly supported on any of apple's new hardware. we need to add a 2.4 flavor for powerpc boot-floppies. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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