Re: yaboot installation media
Hello Ben!
On 3/25/22 21:48, Ben Westover wrote:
> A thank you goes out to all the people who have attempted to help me.
> In all the excitement of this endeavor, my G4's motherboard has died.
I'm not surprised.
> Based on previous discussion, I believe the culprit in its failure to
> load GRUB was the system's memory. Upon closer inspection of the machine
> during its autopsy, I found that the memory was mixed and matched with all
> four sticks having different capacities, speeds, and brands.
That's almost never a good idea.
> Seemingly the only PowerMac in the world that fails to boot GRUB has
> officially kicked the bucket.
I think you should be able to resurrect the machine. Either the capacitors
in the power supply hav gone bad or the ones on the mainboard. In both cases,
it should be possible to replace them [1].
Adrian
> [1] https://lowendmac.com/mail/07/0626.html
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