Success!! Oh, wait...not just yet. Thanks to stumbling across this thread, I was able to finally boot the Linux installer for my Peg II. I had to use a variation on the string that omitted the mem=256 (stuck on the prom_init if left in). Makes sense that this could be left out if you have recently flashed your OpenFirmware to the latest which fixes the no greater than 256MB RAM in Linux bug. I obviously left out the video=radeon since I have a Voodoo3.

Sure, enough, I see the screen asking for my language and I continue to advance to each of the following screens and was sure to finally select the "testing" install as indicated.

Unforunately, the install bombed when trying to "retrieve anna". I received a red background screen with a "Failed to retrieve installer component" "failed for unknown reasons. Aborting".

Shall I select something other than "testing" next time?!?

Any help appreciated.