Subject: Re: need some help with burning cs1.21 image
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Thu Oct 12 2000 - 10:23:39 MDT
Andrew Le wrote:
> Ok, I'll give that a try... Thanks...
>
> Andrew
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff [mailto:jhergan@home.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 9:10 AM
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: RE: need some help with burning cs1.21 image
> >
> >
> > >Yeah, I have the exact same problem...
> > >
> > >Anyone know what's wrong? I have a stock PM 8500/132 PPC604.
> > >
> > >Andrew
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Adam [mailto:adamhadm@frontiernet.net]
> > >> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:07 PM
> > >> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > >> Subject: need some help with burning cs1.21 image
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I have downloaded the latest ISO image and burned it to
> > cd using the
> > >> latest Toast on a G4. I mounted the image on the desktop
> > (two images
> > >> mounted, one with lowercase and the other every thing in
> > upper case)
> > >> and selected the ISO format with macintosh names in the options.
> > >> Then I choose the the lowercase image and burned... It
> > mounts on the
> > >> desktop fine but when I run the Red Hat installer it does not
> > >> recognized that the cd is a Yellow Dog tree...
> > >>
> > >> What went wrong??
> > >>
> > >> Adam
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Adam Done Studios,
> > >> Commercial Photography
> > >> and Digital Imaging
> > >>
> >
> > I think I know what the problem is.
> > You aren't supposed to mount or otherwise alter the image file that
> > you downloaded. So:
> > 1. Make sure you downloaded in binary format (not ascii).
> > 2. Open Toast and choose "Disk Image" as the type instead of ISO.
> > 3. Drag the raw disk image (not one of those mounted ones you made)
> > to the Toast window. Or you can click the data button and choose the
> > disk image.
> > 4. Write the image.
> >
> > At least that's the way I did it with the last image. Again, let me
> > emphasize that if you altered the raw image that you downloaded in
> > any way you'll need to download it again. FWIW, I downloaded the
> > MkLinux R1 disk image this morning in 10 minutes on my cable modem
> > from one of the mirror sites. Hope you're not stuck in 25k land. : |
> > HTH
> > Jeff
> >
i hate to say this, but do it ona pc w/adadptec easy cd creater and rename
the extesion to .iso , works great and is bootable. burning under a
macintosh becomes a project and with burnables at about .25 cents a piece
you cant afford to waste em' hehehehe
good luck, chris
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