Subject: Performa 6200 - minor success
To: David A. Gatwood <dgatwood@deepspace.mklinux.org>
From: Roger Brown <rogerhb@xtra.co.nz>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/09/2000 16:01:52
Hi,

I have managed to 'install' but not run 'MkLinux' on a Performa 6200/75/CD
with 330 Meg SCSI and 24Meg RAM. The installation was on the external SCSI.
The drive was partitioned with a patched version of HD Setup 7.5.3.

I have the DR3 CD Image on the internal CD drive which it happily
recognises.

I am using the Mach_Kernel.PERFORMA3.gz file, (ungzipped and renamed to Mach
Kernel).

If I do a default install it gets to the 'root' prompt but refused access
with a messages saying 'pam, illegal module type' flashing up for less than
a second before a clear screen and relogin. Yes, I did enter the same
password as asked for at installation.

If I try a minimal install the 'init' process appears to try all the run
levels but a process is spawning too fast with the message 'can't open UTMP:
no such file or directory'.

Am I supposed to be using a more recent CD image? (as I don't know where to
find this mystic pre-R1 that people talk about)

Many thanks for the good work

Regards,

Roger