Subject: Re: Nubie question, install without macos ?
From: pete (pete@linuxfreemail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 12:57:12 MST
Brian is correct, on a 7200 (or any "old world" machine, which basically
means all beige Macs) you cannot install or boot without MacOS.
- pete -
--------
> From: "Art Bain" <artbain@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:57:59 -0500
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Nubie question, install without macos ?
>
> I'll give that a try, right after I figure out how to burn the iso. I'm
> working in a Win2k environment and am having trouble reading the iso. I
> couldn't do a checksum until I changed the file name to ydl.iso and was then
> able to read the directory structure. But when I try to do a burn (using
> undisker) nothing happens! I can burn RedHat disks and other Linux flavors,
> but not YDL. BTW, the checksum was correct after I changed the name. I've
> also tried downloading from a mirror site with the same results. Got any
> suggestions?
>
> eulater
> art
>
>
>> From: "Blake Girardot" <girardot@mac.com>
>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>> Subject: Re: Nubie question, install without macos ?
>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 10:42:04 -0500
>>
>> i downloaded the iso disk image and then burned it to a cd in mac os 9 on
>> an
>> ibook, then booted a desktop box from that CD and installed it just fine
>> with never seeing mac os on the install box. and never having to install
>> mac
>> os on it.
>>
>> get the iso from here:
>> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/iso/fuji-2.1-20011105-install.iso
>>
>> it was pretty automatic after booting from the cd.
>>
>> so yes, one way is to just download the .iso, burn to a cd, boot off the cd
>> and intall i think.
>>
>> hope it helps,
>>
>> blake
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> Blake Girardot
>> girardot (a) mac.com
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Art Bain" <artbain@hotmail.com>
>> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:08 AM
>> Subject: Nubie question.
>>
>>
>>> Is there a way to install YDL 2.1 without having Mac OS installed first?
>> I
>>> have a PowerMAC 7200/90 and would like to install YDL 2.1 by itself.
>> Looking
>>> through YDL's help files, I only see an explaination of how to install
>> using
>>> a boot loader.
>>>
>>> tia,
>>> art
>>>
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