Subject: Re: Install fails transferring packages syslog
From: Adam Dershowitz (dersh@alum.mit.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 14:53:59 MST
Gordon,
Since I am on an Old World Mac, I can't boot from the CD.
But I did just boot from a LinuxPPC 2000Q4 CD and used that to format
my root partition.
I then rebooted and went to linux with BootX and tried to install
YDL2.1 again. I used the default install (so it was not trying to
use sdb8 as /home) and tried to install. Again I ran into the same
problem. I selected the home/office packages with nothing else.
I have checked on the web site, and it says that the home/office is
700 Meg or so. I am installing onto a partition that is only 950
Meg. but it does not even read any packages so I don't think that
this is the problem. ( and I have even tried the bare minimum
install with the same results).
I also just tried your suggestion (ie boot then create a single HFS
partition (I assume that you mean a boot partition) after deleting
the root partition. Although when I then rebooted and tried to
install, the partition that was there was not HFS but was instead
ext2?)
I would doubt that the problem is a package that is not on the disk,
as I have tried several times with the bare minimum selected (not
even X Windows) and have also tried starting with the suggested
install then turning off a bunch of things, and not adding anything.
Yes, my drives are as you guessed below.
I have tried downloading twice and burning twice, each time from a
different mirror.
I am pretty sure that I burned correctly because I can go to the
terminal, when I do a text based install, and can then see that the
disk is readable (ie I can do an ls /mnt/media and it works just
fine).
>Obviously your machine can boot linux or you wouldn't have gotten to
>the install at all. I don't know exactly what is wrong (who ever
>does) but consider the following:
>
>One possible solution would be to start from scratch with clean
>Linux partitions:
>To do this without affecting your MacOS partitions, try:
>Boot from the YDL CD and go as far as partitions.
>Delete and create as free space your Linux partitions, leave the
>MacOS ones alone.
>Create a single HFS partition from all the free space, and save
>changes. I suggest this because sometimes the partitioner will do
>nothing (ie not erase the Linux partition map) if you just create
>free space. Changing the filesystem should force an actual reformat.
>Reboot. Delete the HFS partition you created previously and create
>the partitions you want.
>
>This may also be related to the parition sizes you have created.
>According to Debian PPC documentation, choosing "everything"
>requires as much as 2GB in /var for temp files. It's only a guess
>but it might give you some clues.
>
>I do know that some items that you can select in the YDL installer
>require the additional CDs from YDL. YellowDog has a page on their
>site which outlines which CD each package is actually on (even
>though they might be available as an option on the install CD).
>
>When I had this problem, I had defined a /var partition and sized it
>at 128MB. The total size of all Linux partitions was about 4GB. On
>my last install I allocated more space to Linux and now have
>generous partition sizes for / (1GB) and /home /usr /var (all 2GB)
>with swap at 256MB.
>
>Another question:
>Are your device IDs as I understand them? Do you have:
>sda OEM Mac 2GB SCSI
>sdb your 9GB SCSI HD
>sdc your CD drive SCSI
>It seems that there is a problem reading from the CD drive ("sdc :
>block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB."). This could be
>related to a bad burn. Some notes:
>
>When you d/l an ISO image, you MUST NOT MOUNT IT in MacOS or the
>checksum will be incorrect (the burned disk will not be bit-for-bit
>identical to the ISO image you downloaded). You must burn a dual
>format disk (Mac & ISO 9660 hybrid) so it is both bootable and
>Linux-friendly. I used Roxio Toast Platinum 5.0.2 in OS9. Find or
>d/l your ISO. Do not allow a helper application to
>launch/mount/whatever the image. In IE5 open the "Downloads" window,
>double click the ISO as it is being downloaded, and uncheck the
>helper application box. Launch Toast (not lite, a full version) and
>burn the hybrid disk. Drag the ISO image into the Toast window or
>use the file browser in the Toast window. You could also try a
>checksum verification; there is a MacOS checksum program although I
>never used it so I can't help find it for you.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>On Sunday, December 16, 2001, at 01:37 PM, Adam Dershowitz wrote:
>
>>dersh@alum.mit.edu
----Adam
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