Can't boot from install CD

[reid anderson]

I recently purchased Suse Linux and I am trying to boot from the install
CD1 on a MacIntosh PPC 7300 with 80 mb of Ram , 180 mhz processor and 2
Gb hard drive. Can't get the install image to appear on the screen
despite booting from the disk. I am holding down the "C" key that
changes the BIOS settings to boot from a CD.

Any suggestions on what the problem might be and how I might fix it? Do
I need a custom kernel? Where could i get it?

[j***@yahoo.com]

Post by reid anderson
I recently purchased Suse Linux and I am trying to boot from the install
CD1 on a MacIntosh PPC 7300 with 80 mb of Ram , 180 mhz processor and 2
Gb hard drive. Can't get the install image to appear on the screen
despite booting from the disk. I am holding down the "C" key that
changes the BIOS settings to boot from a CD.
Any suggestions on what the problem might be and how I might fix it? Do
I need a custom kernel? Where could i get it?

The Machine you are trying to boot on is a so-called "OldWorld" Mac.
Booting from the install CD is only supported on "NewWorld" Macs
(starting with the B&W G3).

However, you can use BootX to run Linux on that machine.

http://en.opensuse.org/PPC:Boot_pmac_oldworld

On a more general note, on a machine with specs like that Linux only
makes sense without X11 (the GUI). I guess the complete Suse Install
with X11 will use a good deal of the 2 Gb already.

[Anton Ertl]

Post by j***@yahoo.com

Post by reid anderson
I recently purchased Suse Linux and I am trying to boot from the install
CD1 on a MacIntosh PPC 7300 with 80 mb of Ram , 180 mhz processor and 2
Gb hard drive.

...

Post by j***@yahoo.com
On a more general note, on a machine with specs like that Linux only
makes sense without X11 (the GUI). I guess the complete Suse Install
with X11 will use a good deal of the 2 Gb already.

You may be right about Suse, but in general this machine has plenty of
room for Linux with X11, and lots of lightweight applications. My
first Linux box was a 486/66 with 16MB RAM and 230MB disk, and X ran
just fine. And Damn Small Linux demonstrates that this is still
possible.

Of course, bloated software will not run well on such a box, and there
is quite a bit of bloatware that runs on top of X, but that does not
mean that X itself will not run.

- anton

[l***@gmail.com]

That's an old-world Mac, and SUSE don't support it.

http://www.penguinppc.org/about/distributions.php