Re: B50 won't recognize CD as a Yellowdog install CD


Subject: Re: B50 won't recognize CD as a Yellowdog install CD
From: Myles Vrednburg (myles@nycap.rr.com)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 20:25:49 MDT


"Vanco, Donald" wrote:
>
> Well - I was finally able to install 1.2 (I did have a 1.2 CD, albeit
> corrupt somewhere in the install tree).
>
> All I had to do was:
> Install 1.1
> Copy the CD to an empty partition (well, the YellowDog directory at least)
> Create a symbolic link from YellowDog to RedHat (the install looks for both
> - HELLO??? Perhaps this is the source of the CD's failure to install)
> Run the install for 1.2, pointing it to the above files
>
> I'm now dealing with getting the B50 to boot from the HD (I am an RS/6000
> neophyte). Between the worthless instruction in the <ahem> manual and some
> kludged instruction I got from this list a long time ago I suppose I'll get
> home by midnight EST.
>
> Piece of cake! Can't wait to turn these instructions over to our
> integration facility and tell them to load a hundred of these!
>
> Don
>

Purely out of curiosity, why choose Linux over AIX? Were these machines
purchased without AIX installed?

-Myles



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