From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3761EB33.D629064C@pobox.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:08:07 -0700 From: "Conrad M. Hirano" Reply-To: placebo2@pobox.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: PRAM problem with the latest B&W G3s? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: I just got my hands on a 450 MHz B&W G3 and have run into problems trying to install Linux. I'm wondering if Apple made some changes to the PRAM which cause an incompatibility with Linux or BootX because of the symptoms I see. First, I noticed that Techtool no longer reports the date of manufacture or the number of hours the computer has been in use. It just lists "N/A" for both. Apparently, Apple has changed the PRAM in some way. Second, the kernels for both R4, for the B&W G3, and R5, from the installer, do not successfully let me get to the respective installers. After the system hangs, it will not successfully boot the Mac OS off the hard disk or the CD until I reset the PRAM. It begins to load the Mac OS and the BootX window appears, but after I dismiss the window, it hangs before the extension icons appear at the bottom of the screen. I've also tried booting with no extensions, and the system still hangs. Booting with the R5 kernel only gets as far as the initial display of addresses. No kernel messages appear. The R4 kernel gets farther, but a timeout occurs when checking the partitions on hda, causing a kernel panic. [[ 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. ]]