1.2: Can't install


Subject: 1.2: Can't install
From: Vanco, Donald (VANCOD@PIOS.com)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 16:51:49 MDT


        I'm attempting to load 1.2 on a B50 and cannot get the system to
recognize the install media. When I try to load from local CD it returns an
error saying that the CD in the drive is not a Yellowdog Installation CD.
        I went ahead and loaded the system with CS1.1 and it loads fine.
After I had the 1.1 system loaded I was able to mount, browse, and copy the
CS1.2 CD with no issues. I went ahead and copied the entire CD to an empty
partition and tried the install again, pointing it at a local hard drive -
same type of errors "Device sda8 does not appear to contain a Yellow Dog
installation tree".

        I bought this release of CD1.2 from Linux Mall for ~$43.00. What a
major disappointment. Had I know how little I was going to get for my money
I would have simply downloaded the ISOs and gone from there. The 2 pages in
the "manual" dedicated to the RS/6000 are pitiful - there's even a friggin'
typo in the firmware commands!

        Does anyone from Yellow Dog monitor these lists? I need some
answers on this quick - I'm evaluating a quote for US$150 MILLION dollars
for a major SP (I can't say who, but perhaps UU can guess), looking to roll
out several configs of drop-in services on the B50 running YDL. My
experiences this far leave me less than confident in this distros
capabilities on this architecture.

        I've contacted Linux Mall and they will send me another CD - as soon
as I send the bad one back.

        Is this stuff all on MACs or are there any RS/6000 users out there?
This list seems to be a bit of a black hole. I'm ready to quote
Netfinity....

Don
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