SCSI and video probs on Col. Classic

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Hi there.

I'm attempting to get Linux to boot on my Mac Color Classic, on a lark. I
can get the thing to boot.. the drive detects.. then the system hangs
completely on the partition detection. I don't know what to do. Please
help.

Also-- the default font works just fine in mono, but with "Color by
Penguin", the text turns an OFF-WHITE. On a white background, this makes
it AWFULLY hard to read. :P Things work better when I specify that the
font "VGA8x8" be used-- IT is quite readable in color mode, as it uses a
darker grey-- HOWEVER, since the Color Classic's screen is only 512x384, I
don't get a full 80x24 this way...

Please, please, please help with these issues if you can.

Below, find a dump of what I see as the kernel is booting up. The last
thing you see is the last thing I see before the machine hangs completely.
(And yes, I typed this up myself, so there may be little typos)

Thanks in advance for your help! :)

--Caspian

P.S. E-mailing your response to "cas...@twu.net" would be quite
convenient-- if you respond, PLEASE also e-mail your response there... By
all means, post it to the newsgroup (for the benefit of others with my
problem now or in the future)... BUT e-mail it too. Thanks!

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md driver 0.36.3 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
Macintosh SCSI: resetting the SCSI bus... done
scsi0: at port 50F10000 irq 19 options CAN_QUEUE=16 CMD_PER_LUN=
2 release=1
scsi0: generic options AUTOSENSE generic release=7
mac_esp_detect: num_hosts detected 0 setup 1
scsi0 :
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: QUANTUM Model: CTS80S Rev: 4.2
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI disk total.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 166200 [81 MB]
[0.1 GB]
Checking for internal Macintosh ethernet (SONIC).. none.
Partition check:
sda: