From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <37447E78.56C232F9@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:28:24 -0700 From: Ray Allis MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Umax S900 CD Rom problems... References: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1CB4C8AF2D62486695CF283E" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1CB4C8AF2D62486695CF283E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Velasquez, Carlos" wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone successfully installed Linux on a Umax S900 Mac clone? If so, > can you share your stories with me? I am having problems installing Linux on > my Umax S900 (225 Mhz ppc with 162Meg ram, ixMicro Twin Turbo 8Meg video > card.) Apparently, when I try to do a CD install, the installer doesn't > recognize the CD Rom device. I believe I have a Matshita CD rom drive > installed as an internal SCSI device (bus 0, Id 4). I gave up. ;) First attempt, the installer did not recognize the Twin Turbo. Someone on this list offered a fixed installer. Then, the machine lost track of the CD, so the installer displayed o.k. but could not see anything to install. ;) Then the whole SCSI went invisible - no CD, no floppy, no Zip. Soooo, sent it to the shop, where they replaced the motherboard (where the SCSI chip was mounted). Now the installer won't write (correctly) to the internal hard drives. Seems the E100 chip sorta refuses to let the two 2-gig disks be anything but RAID, no matter how I initialize them. And then too, it's a twin processor SMP, and THAT won't run anything but the Umax-supplied demos (MacOS 7.6) and then for a maximum of 30 minutes. I'm parting it out ;). Ray Allis --------------1CB4C8AF2D62486695CF283E Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="ray.vcf" Content-Description: Card for Ray Allis Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="ray.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit begin:vcard n:Allis;Ray tel;work:+1 206 655 8870 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:The Boeing Company adr:;;2-25.5 E5;Seattle;WA;; version:2.1 email;internet:ray@bcstec.ca.boeing.com title:Don' NEED no steenkin' ... x-mozilla-cpt:;30304 fn:Ray Allis end:vcard --------------1CB4C8AF2D62486695CF283E-- [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]