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[APi]TheMan · Feb 25, 2002, 07:13 PM

I have a PowerMac 6500/250... and I'm trying to install Yellowdog 2.1 on it... I installed BootX that came on the CD, but upon restarting I get Kernel Panics... saying that it couldn't mount the root fs on "" or 08:01

Hmm...

I tried Darwin and a utility that supposedly lets you install on unsupported computers, but had no luck. I want to get something other than MacOS on this computer... any suggestions? Debian? SuSe?

[APi]TheMan · Feb 25, 2002, 07:26 PM

Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
<STRONG>I have a PowerMac 6500/250... and I'm trying to install Yellowdog 2.1 on it... I installed BootX that came on the CD, but upon restarting I get Kernel Panics... saying that it couldn't mount the root fs on "" or 08:01</STRONG>

Yeah... about that. I forgot to choose my ramdisk, my bad... But the question about best *nix for Old World machines still applies

bluedog · Feb 28, 2002, 11:42 AM

YDL all the way. LinuxPPC is not being supported any more. You get a lot from YDL. I've tried Mandrake, but prefer YDL.

dn15 · Mar 2, 2002, 02:50 AM

I also would choose YDL on any Mac that supports it.

[APi]TheMan · Mar 2, 2002, 03:19 AM

Originally posted by dn15:
<STRONG>I also would choose YDL on any Mac that supports it.</STRONG>

Yeah, I agree. I've used YDL on NewWorld machines before, so I'm not entirely new to it.

Although it up working for a few days, now when I boot I get a kernel panic. Doh.