Re: Can ANYONE please help? (Mac G4 won't boot Linux)

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, Eric wrote:

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:04:46 -0600, John Yates wrote:

Stab in the dark . . .
reset your pram (start up holding down the command option p r keys) let
it chime 3 times
if that doesn't help
then start again holding down the option key - the default is to allow
you to choose an os

Thanks, John... the first step (resetting pram) didn't have any effect,
and holding the option key down gives me a screen with a circular arrow
button on the left and a straight arrow (pointing right) on the right...
clicking those two does nothing.

Choosing an OS would be fine (though it would be best if the thing would
just boot into Linux without having to make a choice) but the thing can't
even find any OSs to present as an option.



I've honestly just been having similar problems recently, although I wasn't able to install YDL at all on my machine. The thing that sticks out is your comment on the "circular and straight arrow". If you don't seen anything else on the screen, that is telling me the firmware is not finding a bootable drive at all, so something didn't get setup correctly with the install.

Normally, you will see an "icon" or two of the bootable partitions and select one of them, then click on the "straight" arrow to boot with that partition.

Not a solution, but I too ended up going with Ubuntu. It installed fine and booted (with yaboot) correctly the first time thru. So, while I did want to try out YDL, I think I am just going to stick with Ubuntu, as it hasn't let me down thus far!

Daniel James Koepke
Fort Wayne, IN
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