RE: Hard Drive install question


Subject: RE: Hard Drive install question
From: Black (cpa@ece.cmu.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 15:05:25 MDT


Thanks for the advice, but I've never used zImage or rawrite. I'm sorry
for newbieing out, but what is zimage and how do I use it?

-christopher
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Vanco, Donald wrote:

> > -----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
>
> 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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