Re: Strange CD booting problem with 8500


Subject: Re: Strange CD booting problem with 8500
From: Elliot Badham Peele (ebpeele2@unity.ncsu.edu)
Date: Sat Nov 17 2001 - 11:18:51 MST


you need to use the ramdisk images that are on the cd in the isntall
folder. you can use bootx to boot from one of the ramdisks to install ydl
2.1. the bootx install is included on the cd.

elliot

On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Larry West wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have a PowerMac 8500 set up with YDL 2.0 on an internal 9 Gig SCSI
> drive. YDL has been OK for me so far. Had some issues with
> installation & setup, but was able to work them out.
>
> I just bought YDL 2.1, mostly so I can support my G4 with the Nvidia
> G-force 2 video card. YDL on the 8500 will - eventually - be my web &
> mail server at another location, so I want to have both installations
> as similar as possible.
>
> Which is why I've been trying to install YDL 2.1 over YDL 2.0 on the 8500...
>
> However, I get nowhere. No amount of cajoling, pounding, changing of
> settings, etc. will make the 8500 now boot to the CD!!! I hold the
> 'C' key down & it ignores me (and I get a string of 'C's in the boot
> loader text box, so I know the keyboard is working). Not to the YDL
> 2.1 CD, not to the YDL 2.0 CD, not to a MacOS 9 CD!!!!
>
> I've zapped the PRAM several times (yes, the battery has been
> recently replaced), I've booted into the MacOS partition, and then
> selected the CD (it mounts & shows itself in 'Startup Disk'), but
> still it skips right on by and to the hard drive. Hard drive is at
> SCSI 0, CD at SCSI 3. Also tried 'DOCS' to boot to another SCSI
> device. Boots to the Jaz, but not to the CD...
>
> Both CDs are good, as I did install 2.1 on the G4 tonight, and
> previously installed 2.0 on the 8500...
>
> I don't have anything that I need to save from the 2.0 installation,
> so I'm just going to wipe it & replace it with the 2.1 installation.
>
> One curious thing happened - After installing 2.0, the Penguin in the
> upper left of the screen as the boot process runs was (or seemed to
> be) holding a malt beverage. After trying to force the bootloader to
> boot to the CD (by inserting 'CDROM in the '/dev/' text box, but it
> didn't work), the Penguin looks different, and is no longer holding
> the beverage, even when booting from the hard disk.
>
> Strange...
>
> --
> Larry West
> NJ Saab Owner's Club
>
> 9-11-01
> God Bless America!
>



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