Subject: RE: 1.2: Can't install RESOLVED
From: Vanco, Donald (VANCOD@PIOS.com)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 18:25:38 MDT
I found the same things out myself (as stated in my last post) - although
the CD installed kernel seems to be working thus far on the B50.
Holy crap - I just got the HD to boot with:
setenv boot-device /pci@80000000/scsi@10/sd@2:1
setenv boot-file :,\zimage root=/dev/sda5
and a boot.
Quick! Box it! Ship it!
Huzzah! I can go home!
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Wieder [mailto:ewieder@mciworld.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 8:10 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: 1.2: Can't install
>
>
> Had the same problems with an F50. Check this list archive
> around 5/13. I had
> to
> copy the CD to another server, make symbolic links from
> RedHat -> YellowDog,
> and
> run FTP install.
> Then the install worked, but the machine wouldn't boot with
> the 2.2.15 kernels
> on the
> CD. Had to back off to the 2.2.12 kernel from CS 1.1, and now
> running 2.2.14
> from
> the Suse 6.3 Beta.
> Fun stuff. Your new CD probably won't work either. I think
> it's something with
> the install
> ramdisk image.
>
> Eric
>
> Vanco, Donald" wrote:
>
> > 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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