Subject: Re: Help with installation please (YDL2)
From: Randall Perry (rgp@systame.com)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 18:06:53 MDT
Had to install several times before I had success. Realized that the
bootload partition was not being recognized. So I reformatted the drive
without bootloader, installed everything, and then pared back to what I
actually needed.
So, bootload partition _might_ be your problem.
-- Randy Perry sysTame Mac Consulting/Sales> From: Ken Simpson <ksimpson@optushome.com.au> > Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 08:41:42 +1000 > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com > Subject: Help with installation please (YDL2) > > Hi - having a problem on installing YDL 2.0 - anybody with any help - > much appreciated. > > Sytem - PM g4/500 256MB 27GB HDD, 15GB HDD > added an extra PCI 1-/100 network card from MacSense > and PCI SCSI card from Orange PC > ATI Rage Pro 128 graphics card (AGP) > > 27GB disk is partitioned - 10, 10, 7 all MacOS extended. 9.1 > installed on the first partition > > 15 GB was intialised with Drive Setup to have 13GB unallocated and > 2GB in a MacOS standard partition. > In the installer the 13GB unallocated was then allocated 10MB > bootloader, 256MB swap (/swap), 2GB root (/root), 4GB usr (/usr), and > the 2GB HFS disk mountpoint (/trnsfr). The remaining 5GB was left > unallocated. > > Have installed three times now - first time wrecked up the video install > and it was unusable, so reinstalled and all went well - till the > reboot. Then XFree86 failed and I was dumped into the shell. > > restarted and at the yaboot prompt, opted to boot MacOS and it just > sat there for 30' with just the single ellipsis and no more. > > Managed to boot into MacOS using the option key for the open firmware > boot device - no probs. > > However I have three questions. > > 1. Any ideas why XFree86 won't load? I am a newbie and I don't know > what to do next. > 2. Why won't OS9.1 boot from yaboot? (where the heck is the yaboot.conf file?) > 3. How can I REMOVE the of mods to go back to the standard one so the > family can use the computer simply if I can't get it all to work > proper-like.
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