Subject: Re: Install Problems YDL2.1 on a beige G3
From: Brian Egeness (brianfe@ameritech.net)
Date: Sat Jan 05 2002 - 06:43:28 MST
on 1/4/02 8:47 PM, Don & Wendy Storey at dwstorey@mediaone.net wrote:
> I agree, the error is very vague. (As a programmer, I really try to make any
> error messages at least lead the user towards a fix). I tried the gui
> installer with basically the same setup and results. I did create the
> partitions in linux (in the installer). Mount points are whatever it
> defaults to. I expect the linux partition is going to /.
>
> That's OK about shooting in the dark - I have run out of ideas where to
> look.
>
>> From: Avinash Gupta <agupta@mediaone.net>
>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:29:43 -0500
>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> Subject: Re: Install Problems YDL2.1 on a beige G3
>>
>> Have you tried any of the 'gui' install modes instead of the text installs?
>> Maybe they will be more descriptive ... The error message you are getting
>> seems to be pretty vague 'must correct manually'. Correct what?? :-)
>>
>> Also, are you creating the partitions in Linux or from Mac OS? You should be
>> creating them from the installer. Try deleteing all existing partitons and
>> re-creating them in the installer. And also, what are your mount points for
>> the three partitions you have?
>>
>> Sorry I am just shooting in the dark ... there is just too little info to
>> figure out what may be going wrong.
>>
>> -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>>
>>
>> On Friday 04 January 2002 08:34, you wrote:
>>> I have 2GB that I am partitioning with 10Mb bootloader, 256Mb for swap, and
>>> the rest (about 1.7Gb) for the linux partition. This is on a 4Gb drive with
>>> the other 2gb in macos partitions. I am trying to do the developmental
>>> station load. I tried the base install with the same results (I was hoping
>>> this would be a workaround). Oh by the way, I'm using a ram disk size of
>>> 64000 in bootx.
>>>
>>>> From: Avinash Gupta <agupta@mediaone.net>
>>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>>> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 20:03:21 -0500
>>>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>>> Subject: Re: Install Problems YDL2.1 on a beige G3
>>>>
>>>> How big is your drive and what is the root partition size? I remember
>>>> people having problems earlier installing on powerwave machines since the
>>>> root partition was too small (hard disk is too small ... 850MB?). What
>>>> type of install are you choosing (Everything, Home/Office, etc.)? You may
>>>> want to try a 'Base' install first just to see if it works ...
>>>>
>>>> -- Avinash Gupta (agupta@mediaone.net)
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday 03 January 2002 07:34, you wrote:
>>>>> Trying to install on a mac clone (powerwave) (using bootx with both
>>>>> linux kernels and the text based install). However, I can't get a
>>>>> successful install. It gets through the partition and format
>>>>> successfully, but then bombs out when trying to transfer the packages. I
>>>>> get a 'must correct manually' error and subsequent failures.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried some debugging. Just before it goes into the package
>>>>> installation, I have looked on the other consoles. No real obvious
>>>>> warnings. If I look around the partition (mounted on /tmp/root) there
>>>>> are files there. If I use /sbin/parted with a check command, it
>>>>> complains about being unmounted uncleanly. I have tried dismounting the
>>>>> partition and reformatting using parted mkfs. It then checks ok. I
>>>>> reboot the system and go through the install without changing the disk
>>>>> partitions and the same thing happens.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've worked on Unix systems for years, but this is my first indepth
>>>>> exposure to system setup/admin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>
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