Subject: Re: YDL2 and Umax c500
From: Chris Ruprecht (chrup999@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jul 13 2001 - 09:57:21 MDT
Looks like you have a bad CD. Contact TerraSoft and they'll ship you a new
CD. Had the same thing when I first started installing YDL 2.0 after it was
released.
Best regards,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Tirrell" <j_tirrell@hotmail.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:46 AM
Subject: YDL2 and Umax c500
> I was curious how successful other have been installing YDL2 on the Umax
> c500. It is not "officially" supported, but I have seen messages on the
> board of people using them. I have one such model with a 2 gig hard disk,
> 64 mb of RAM, and a 603 PPC at 200 mhz. I tried to install (with the 3 CD
> set from Terrasoft) with a 500 MB MacOS 8.1 partition and a 1.5 gig
> partition for the YDL2 installation. During the package installation (the
> home/office package), I get the error message that the installer exited
> abnormally and a reboot will occur in 180 seconds. This same event occurs
> in the same place even after a low-level format and retry at installation.
> Interestingly, if the partition size is changed so that the MacOS hfs
> partition is increased to 1 gig (leaving 1 gig for the YDL2 installation)
> the package installer gets much father before giving the error message.
Or,
> if I try a smaller package, like minimal or internet server, the installer
> will also get much father before giving me the message. That leads me to
> think the CD is not defective, as it isn't quitting in the same place.
> Since changing the partition sizes changes when the error occurs, it seems
> to be related to available disk space. Does this sound possible? If so,
> could I just install a larger hard disk, create larger partitions, and
solve
> my problems? Any help would be appreciated.
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