Subject: Re: Hard Drive Install
From: Timothy A. Seufert (tas@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2001 - 15:16:15 MST
At 7:36 PM -0800 11/16/01, Shaun Krislock wrote:
>Hello from Sunny Vancouver, Canada! I've been trying to get YDL2.0 onto
>my Powerbook 2400c using an external SCSI CD-RW drive with no success. I
>think it would be best to try an installation from the MacOS section of my
>hard drive. I did a search on the archives of this list but couldn't find
>any information. I copied the "YellowDog" directory to my hard disk, but
>when I go through the installation process and it gets to the section where
>I have to choose where to install from, it only gives me the "local CD"
>option (IIRC). How do I make the installer know of the existence of the
>files on my local HD? Do I have to mount the partition somehow?
The YDL 2.0 installer doesn't actually support anything but a CD
install. I don't know whether 2.1 is more flexible.
I was able to install on my 2400 using an external Toshiba 32x SCSI CD-ROM.
-- Tim Seufert
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