Subject: RE: New install on an 7600/120
From: Andrew Le (ale1@msi-world.com)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 09:46:47 MDT
When I try to install on a PM 8500, it says, "not a Yellow Dog CD-ROM," when
in fact it's a CD-ROM that I just burned with the image...
Andrew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Fritz [mailto:ivan@arcosanti.homeip.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 1:16 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: New install on an 7600/120
>
>
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am trying to install yellowdog 1.2 on an older mac
> 7600. I have
> an internal SCSI drive set at 0 and terminated (MESH SCSI controller,
> btw). I've partitioned the drive with a 200mb macOS partiton
> to have the
> system on it. I'm using the bootx app control panel that I downloaded
> from yellowdog's site.
> When I start the install, I use fdisk to partition the drive,
> (with swap,/,/usr/and /home) and I get the error that I need to
> reboot for the new partitioning to take effect. When I do,
> however, the
> installer no longer recognises the drive! I have tried over and over,
> with different partitioning schemes, and each time it is
> exactly the same.
> What is going on? The drive is a quantum fireball.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreceated, as I am pulling my hair out in
> large patches each time I reboot ;)
>
> Thanks
>
> -Ivan
>
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