Subject: Re: Dan or Hollis - Install CD does NOT work
From: Adam Had'em (adamhadm@frontiernet.net)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 07:00:30 MDT
I just tried burning or duping the cd and I get an illigal request...
I also had some problems with the disk when I recieved it last week...
Can I get some help with this matter?
-Adam
On Monday, June 11, 2001, at 03:05 AM, Adam Had'em wrote:
> I was reconfiguring my system and moving partitions and needed to
> install the main core system (I save the data for all the hard work I
> put into it) but now the CD does NOT wrok...
>
> I can not boot from it any more... and while in OS X it mounts but I
> can not access the dirrectories, just a blank CD.
>
> It started with bug errors when trying to reinstall while scanning for
> the packages and now the install CD does not even work at all
>
> NO scratches, marks, or finger prints on the CD - looks like it just
> came out of the box.
>
> I have tried with
> 2.0 tasty morsels - just fine
> 1.2 tasty morsels - just fine
> LinuxPPC 2000 - just fine
> Music cd's - just fine
> Apple OS CD's - just fine
>
> I tryied to startup from yaboot with the c selection but every time the
> problems differ...
> mostly if it does boot I get the open firmware white screen and just
> maybe if I am lucky the screen would go black and I get a underscore on
> the top left corner. Other times I get OF errors stating that it can
> not find yaboot or some other physical or mem address. Some times
> while in the cd bootloader (yaboot) it can not find the kernel and
> quits or sends me back to the OF. Then it started booting period. I
> have even erased my good boot strap partion to see if it was that and
> is was not. (I saved the info) I tried without my bootloader but now
> nothing happens... only my OS X starts up... Other CD's can boot up
> but not the installer. This has never happened to me of all the years
> of computing...
>
> What are my options? Is it any way possible I can get a new one sent
> out and I return this CD to prove it is not me..? I am now left with
> out any linux. :( Please call me if you can before 1:00pm est or
> after 4:00 pm est thank you..
>
> -Adam H. Done
> 716 317 4421
>
>
> I will try to dup the cd but I am willing to bet it won't work
>
>
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