Re: Installing from SCSI drive problem
On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 01:26:40AM -0700, Greg Howland wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install on a PowerBook G3 Lombard, which should
> > > be a New World machine...
> >
> > The devices in OF have different names than in Linux. You're using
> > the Linux name, but the OF name would be something like scsi/sd@0:0...
> >
> > I was under the impression that the Lombard was not New World...
>
> Entering 'printenv' from the OF prompt returns 'boot-device \\:tbxi'
> among other things. It is a New World machine.
>
> I was also able to find out the OF command 'devalias' which returns
> 'sd0' as the proper alias for my SCSI drive. I entered 'boot sd0:7,yaboot'
> at the prompt and the installation went smoothly. Thanks for the help.
>
> However the installation does not configure the X Window System.
> In addition Xconfigurator and xf86cfg don't work because a basic
> SVGA X setup is not installed. Therefore I don't have a convenient
> graphical tool to set it up, I have only the text based xf86config.
>
> Do you know which parameters I should use for the horizontal and
> vertical refresh rates, along with type of keyboard, mouse, etc.,
> for the PowerBook G3 Lombard? Or, is there an easier way to do
> this than to use xf86config?
>
> Greg
Try searching this list, or debian-x, for Lombard.
Are you using woody, XFree86 V 4? If not, definitely upgrade. The hardware
support in V3 for your machine was lacking.
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