Re: Trying 2019-04-11 on PowerMac G4 Silver
> On Apr 13, 2019, at 10:42 PM, Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 13, 2019, at 6:26 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
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>> On 4/13/19 10:36 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>>> Loading Linux 4.19.0-4-powerpc …
>>>> error: failure reading sector 0x208099d7 from
>>>> `ieee1275//pci@2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f00/disk@0’
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>>>> Loading initial ramdisk …
>>>> error: you need to load the kernel first
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>>>> Press any key to continue …
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>>> I was able to boot into rescue mode from the CD-R and retrieved the attached information.
>>> Let me know if there’s anything more you need.
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>> Hmm, this sounds as if there are problems with your disk or disk controller.
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>> Can you tell me the exact model number of your Mac? I might have the same
>> sitting in the storage room of the university and give it a try myself
>> soonish.
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> The install went fine, with no hint of hardware problems. For what that’s worth.
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> Here’s the output of ‘cat /proc/cpuinfo’
Can you just give me the Apple model number? That’s easier.
Adrian
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