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From: Yong Chong <yjclinuxlist@××××.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] 2004.3 Universal LiveCD Won't Boot Linux
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:10:29
Message-Id: BDBFC8C8.CC7A%yjclinuxlist@ezrs.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] 2004.3 Universal LiveCD Won't Boot Linux by Yong Chong
1 Tried the booting with "G4 video=ofonly,nol3" and it worked. I had tried
2 "G4 nol3,video=ofonly" and it did not work. I guess the order of the boot
3 option matters.
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5 Yong
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7 on 11/16/04 2:58 PM, Yong Chong at yjclinuxlist@××××.com wrote:
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9 > I downloaded the 2004.3 Universal LiveCD. I checked to make sure MD5
10 > matches before I burned the CD. At the boot prompt, I entered "G4 nol3".
11 > It starts the boot process of booting linux and then I get a blank screen.
12 > I think laptop goes to sleep or something like it. I see the sleep light
13 > blink and then nothing. I hear CD spinning for little bit but that also
14 > stops. I am trying this on 17" PowerBook laptop with GeForce video.
15 >
16 > Thanks,
17 > Yong
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