Subject: Re: Install fails transferring packages syslog
From: John Nelson (john@computation.com)
Date: Sun Dec 16 2001 - 17:31:41 MST
Does Yellow Dog have a separate /boot partition? I'm thinking of
putting /boot and swap on an old 300 meg APS Mac drive I still have
hanging around... and then installing the core system on my old 1.3 gig
"shoebox" drive. Yeah, I'm building a veritable "frankenlinux" box but
that's what makes home computing fun!
-- John
Gordon Neault wrote:
> 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
>
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