Subject: Re: YDL 2.1 will not boot on my iBook Dual USB (ISO Questions)
From: Bo Brinkman (brinkman@cs.princeton.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 18:50:15 MST
This is very bizarre. I tried several CD-RW media, and I could never get
the 2.1 cd to boot. Then I tried using a CD-R, and it works just fine.
Very very strange!
Bo Brinkman wrote:
>> I can confirm that the fuji 2.1 ISO on ftp.yellowdoglinux.com was
>> only 18 MB previously and is only 52 MB now. There are also no 2.1
>> RPMS on ftp.yellowdoglinux.com. However, working with a friend, we
>> downloaded the fuji 2.1 ISO from ftp.ibiblio.org which was the full
>> size (the 2.1 RPMS were also all out there), and verified the md5sum.
>
>
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> The psu mirror has the complete iso, and the md5sum checks, as I said
> before, so this is not my problem.
>
>
> <snip advice>
>
>
> Yes, I know that these are the most common newbie problems. I don't
> think that I fell into any of these traps though. :) I have been using
> YDL since 1.2.1, and have not had any problems in the past of this sort.
> I certainly don't use MacOS to burn CDs, so that should not be a problem.
>
> One thing about my setup: I have OS X.1 and 9.2.1 installed on my
> machine. Is it possible that something changed in open firmware or the
> disk drivers?
>
> Could people please email me 1) Whether or not they have had success
> with a burned 2.1 and 2) What the latest version of MacOS they had
> installed was?
>
> I'm grasping at straws, but I thought about the usual problems, and I
> don't seem to have any of them. :(
>
-- William "Bo" Brinkman brinkman@cs.princeton.edu Princeton Computer Science http://www.derandomized.org/ -- Silence is Golden. --Mic-O-Say proverb
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