Subject: Re: Install Woes - Please Help
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sat Jan 26 2002 - 22:43:22 MST
Please give: http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/kernel-2.4.18-0.5c.ppc.rpm
This is somewhat untested, but it should get rid of the check_media
problem...
> >From: Joe Villari <joev_nylxs@pipeline.com>
>
> >>Has been posted to this list a few times already this week:
> >>as root: echo 0 > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/check_media
> >>
> >>You should then be able to mount it just fine.
> >>I'm writing you from a TiBook 400Mhz that triple boots OS9, OSX, and
> >>YDL2.1
>
> >You missed my problem. I can load the YDL 2.1 from the cd. It's after
> >that while trying to upgrade the kernel and get X to work. Maybe the
> >first generation TIs are more forgiving?
>
> You said: I cannot mount the cdrom at all. mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom
> /mnt/cdrom, mount -t hfs /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom or any other fs
> returns a wrong medium type error; no matter what cd is in the drive.
>
> Annoyingly, everytime the TIBook (even the early ones) boots, check_media
> needs to be "fixed."
> I guess I missed the part about how you managed to get the kernel you need
> onto a CD. As for the HFS hard disk issue, I can't help with that.
>
> I hope you can work it out. I've been very happy with YDL, but unfortunately
> Linux is going through the hardware support crap that Windows was a few
> years ago...
>
> -Doug
>
>
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--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/
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