Subject: RE: Hard Drive install question
From: Vanco, Donald (VANCOD@PIOS.com)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 13:13:58 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Black [mailto:cpa@ece.cmu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 2:17 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: RE: Hard Drive install question
>
>
> I'm sorry I may just be being dense, but I don't fully
> understand this.
> Making the sym link would seem to imply I was _in_ the linux
> environment, which I'm not because I am struggling to install it. If you
> mean drop out of the installer, the Cmd-F2 has never worked for me. I
tried
> to make a mac alias and call it RedHat, but I still got the mount failed,
device
> doesn't exist message when I tried to find it.
No - the init process (from the floppy) is looking for both
directories as part of the install. As I said, it's broken. I had assumed
you had access to this partition of install data via Linux somehow. If you
can't write to the partition and make a "genuine symbolic link" you'll need
to use the new install image that was posted a few weeks ago - it supposedly
fixes the problems you describe.
Try booting with this image: http://www.terraplex.com/~dburcaw/zImage - it
resolved similar issues for me on the B50. You will need to have rawrite or
equivalent to turn the image into a bootable floppy.
Don
>
> -christopher
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Vanco, Donald wrote:
>
> > Yinz need to have both - YellowDog and RedHat (the install
> image you have is
> > know to be broken in this respect) - one needs to be a sym link.
> >
> > So, if the directory is YellowDog, from ITS ROOT type:
> >
> > ln -s YellowDog RedHat
> >
> > ..and you'll be fine.
> >
> > Don
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Black [mailto:cpa@ece.cmu.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 7:21 PM
> > > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > > Subject: Hard Drive install question
> > >
> > >
> > > So, I could use a little advice. I am trying to install
> YD onto a G3
> > > Powerbook 266. I had the CDs, but they were stolen, so I
> am trying to
> > > reinstall from the harddrive. I am trying to install onto a
> > > removable bay
> > > harddrive (I had it up and running before, but I need to
> reinstall). I
> > > read the FAQ and saw that I could just download the
> YellowDog/base and
> > > YellowDog/RPMS folders and stick them on the harddrive.
> So, I made a
> > > folder called YellowDog and stuck the two folders inside. I
> > > placed this on
> > > my HFS partition of the removable harddrive. I get to the
> > > stage where I
> > > have to pick how I want to install and the partition shows
> > > up. I select it
> > > and I get told that the YellowDog install tree can't be
> found on the
> > > partition. I've tried changing the name of the folder
> they are in to
> > > Yellow Dog and even RedHat. I tried leaving the two
> folders on the top
> > > level. Nothing seems to work. Can anyone tell me what I am
> > > doing wrong?
> > >
> > > -christopher
> > >
> >
>
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