New install on an PM 8500/132


Subject: New install on an PM 8500/132
From: Andrew Le (ale1@msi-world.com)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 09:55:51 MDT


Well, when I look on my burned CD, the file names show up as mixed case...
So, then why is the installer not thinking it's a valid CD??

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Wynne [mailto:rdw@plaza.ds.adp.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:10 PM
> To: 'Andrew Le'
> Subject: RE: New install on an 7600/120
>
>
> Well, the file names are actually mixed case, depending on the file.
> Mounting the image in the Mac OS changes all the names to
> uppercase for some
> perverse reason.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Le [mailto:ale1@msi-world.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:05 PM
> To: 'rdw@plaza.ds.adp.com'
> Subject: FW: New install on an 7600/120
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Le
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:04 PM
> To: 'yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com'
> Subject: RE: New install on an 7600/120
>
>
> Ah.. so is that the key.... THe file names need to be in
> lowercase for the
> installer to recognize a good CD?
>
> I didnt know that.. and mounting causes it to become uppercase.. okay,
> thanks, I'll look into it..
>
> Andrew
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bob Wynne [mailto:rdw@plaza.ds.adp.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 4:52 PM
> > To: 'yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com'
> > Subject: RE: New install on an 7600/120
> >
> >
> > Andrew,
> >
> > If the CD is burned from a mounted image of the cs1.2.1 image
> > file, all the
> > filenames are changed to uppercase and the installer doesn't
> > recognize the
> > disk. It needs to be burned without mounting the image. See
> > the recent
> > thread "Re: need some help with burning cs1.21 image" for more info.
> >
> > For the record, it appears there is no way to burn the Yellow
> > Dog ISO image
> > properly using the "Describe" CD authoring software made by
> > Charismac that
> > comes with Sony CD burners. This was confirmed by Charismac
> > tech support.
> > Describe doesn't support burning an image without mounting it.
> >
> > - Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Le [mailto:ale1@msi-world.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 8:47 AM
> > To: 'yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com'
> > Cc: 'ivan@arcosanti.homeip.net'
> > Subject: RE: New install on an 7600/120
> >
> >
> > 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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