I have tried to install FedoraCore 12 on a PPC G4. The installation remains impossible to achieve. PREPARATION FOR INSTALLATION I unseated all PCI cards. I removed all external enclosures: FireWire, USB, etc. I removed all devices: BlueTooth, PowerMate, printers, scanners, etc. The only devices connected to the computer were, KVM. INSTALLATION I continued with the installation. The disk I used for the Installation was purchased from the linuxStore. The installation of FedoraCore 12 completed successfully. At the conclusion of the installation, FedoraCore 12 required a reboot. The installation automatically rebooted. For the MAC, a number of boot options are apparent: l = linux, m = mac os, o = openfirmware, n = network, c = cd. note: The m option does not boot into osx.5.8. Yaboot assigns os9.2 to the letter m. On the mac, three boots are performed: osx.5.8, os9.2, and FedoraCore linux. During my school years, my boot options included: osx, os9, SUSE, YelloDog, Ubuntu, Debian, and FedoraCore. To correct the m option issue, I edit yaboot.conf, as root. After editing yaboot.conf, I run ybin -v, in terminal, to receive a HOLY blessing. BOOTIN INTO FEDORACORE 12 After choosing l = linux, in the linux boot option menu, FedoraCore 12 proceeds to boot. FedoraCore 12 commences to boot. Shortly after the boot process reaches eth0, eth1, tty, the boot process hangs. PERSONAL THOUGHTS ON WHY THE BOOT PROCESS HANGS I thought the kernel failure might be due to OCHI. This is because the FireWire ports on the mac are no longer working. During the boot process, linux issues an Exception report after checking the built-in FireWire ports. This OCHI Exception may or may not be the source of the inability of FedoraCore 12 to boot into the linux desktop. Perhaps FedoraCore 12 code is written so that OCHI Exceptions force the boot process to hang. I do not know. RESOLUTION To resolve the issue with FedoraCore 12, I simply re-install FedoraCore 11. This distro works fine. An OCHI Exception report also occurs in the FedoraCore 11, boot process. And FedoraCore 11 continues to boot, to the login screen. After logging into the FedoraCore 11 desktop, a prompt appears. The prompt suggests that a report be sent, to the developers, about the kernel failure. I choose not to send a report, because the FireWire ports are not working. It is not necessary to fix the built-in FireWire ports at this time. The mac is an old mac. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 7/23/10 3:13 AM, "JB" <jb.123abc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > JD <jd1008 <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> Is there another list that is dedicated to fedora users on powerpc? >> I had asked a question here about booting F12 on powerbook G4, >> and no one answered. I assume there are no fedora/powerpc >> users on this list. >> > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ppc > JB > > > -- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
