Subject: Re: Installing YDL 2.0 & bootX
From: perry phillips (pm_perry@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2001 - 23:00:50 MDT
Hi,
re: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/faq_install.shtml
you need to start by re-installing a Mac OS (how did you acquire a Mac w/out any
install media?--bad news right there.) and partition according to instructions.
Some files will reside on Mac OS side for Old World sysems. You should prolly
review install instructions at the YDL site.... old world/new world, etc. follow
"bootX" blurb...
hope this helps,
-perry phillips
downtime null wrote:
> On Saturday 07 July 2001 20:46, John Canning wrote:
> > On Sat Jul 7 19:46:19 2001 downtime null wrote:
> > > i was trying to install YDL 2.0 on a Power Mac 7300/200... i unpacked the
> > > BootX loader and install it. then i restarted and chose the
> > > ramdisk-text.image.gz. it came up to the installer, i chose custom and in
> > > the partitioning, i removed all the Mac partitions and created a 10 meg
> > > boot, 128 meg swap and the rest (1.9 gig) linux native. then the
> > > installer went to the formatting part and died. now i'm stuck. no Mac OS
> > > install media and i can't figure out an alternate way to boot the system.
> > > is there and install disk or something? is there any way to boot to the
> > > cdrom?
> >
> > Try rebooting and holding down the C key; that tells most Macs to
> > boot from the CD-ROM drive.
>
> it still just comes up to an icon of a floppy with a flashing "?". is the YDL
> 2.0 cdrom made from the .iso on the YDL site bootable? if not, is there some
> way that i can make one bootable?
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