Hi, PowerPup,
I doubt the drivers (or a lack thereof) are at fault; By chance, I got another Quicksilver recently, and it runs Linux (the installation program, anyway) just fine. That, to me, proves that there ARE drivers for this machine, and that there is a slight fault somewhere that prevents Linux from booting up. The problem is, I don't know what that fault would be.
The CDs seem to be fine (I tried them on the other Quicksilver, where they booted successfully), so I don't think that is a problem.
Starting by either holding 'c' on the keyboard or holding down Option and selecting its button comes up with the same result.
If it were a hardware problem, what kind of problem would cause Linux to fail, yet allow Mac OS 9/Mac OS X to work perfectly?
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I doubt the drivers (or a lack thereof) are at fault; By chance, I got another Quicksilver recently, and it runs Linux (the installation program, anyway) just fine. That, to me, proves that there ARE drivers for this machine, and that there is a slight fault somewhere that prevents Linux from booting up. The problem is, I don't know what that fault would be.
The CDs seem to be fine (I tried them on the other Quicksilver, where they booted successfully), so I don't think that is a problem.
Starting by either holding 'c' on the keyboard or holding down Option and selecting its button comes up with the same result.
If it were a hardware problem, what kind of problem would cause Linux to fail, yet allow Mac OS 9/Mac OS X to work perfectly?
c