Re: Installing YDL 2.0 Problems


Subject: Re: Installing YDL 2.0 Problems
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 11:44:55 MDT


Hi Timothy,

As I stated in reply to another email you sent to a different address, this
is likely the result of you having a zip drive without media inserted.
If you start the install *after* you have media inserted, all should be
good to go. Let me know if that helps!

On Monday 04 June 2001 10:33, you wrote:
> Hi,
> This morning I just got my CD's of YDL 2.0 via FedEx, and I started the
> installation process. First of all, as a warning to any one else out
> there who has an old world machine, and is converting from 1.2.1 to 2.0,
> delete the old files from your system folder. I ran the graphical
> install from the MacOS per the instructions, but it left my old vmlinux
> kernel in the system folder & could not boot.
> Anyway, moving on, I've been encounting problems when I get to the mount
> part of the installation process. I've set up the partitions the way YD
> instructed, and I've reformatted the drives to get rid of the any old
> files. This is what I'm getting once I get to the mounting stage:
>
> Bug Report Traceback:
>
> Error: Error: Error opening /dev/sdb: No such device or address
>
> File "/usr/lib/yi/mount.py", line 258 in configure
> Dev = parted.device_get("/dev/" + drivename)
>
> File "/usr/lib/yi/template.py", line 56, in__call__
> Return self.configure(args)

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