Re: bootX install failure on a 7500


Subject: Re: bootX install failure on a 7500
From: Richard McLaren (richard_mclaren2@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Oct 03 2001 - 12:47:40 MDT


Shane:

Download the BootX installer from the YDL Web site. There is also an
explanatory note on the Web site.

I had the same problem with a PowerMac 7200 when attempting to use the BootX
installer from the YDL 2.0 CD.

Richard

>From: "Christenson, Shane (STP)" <Shane.Christenson@guidant.com>
>Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>Subject: bootX install failure on a 7500
>Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 12:20:14 -0500
>
>I am new to the list and could not find a similar problem in the archives.
>
>I am relatively new to Linux but I have successfully installed YDL2 on my
>iMac DV and have been having a great stable time for the past month. Last
>night I pulled the old 7500 off the shelf and took a stab at an install.
>Partitioning and installing MacOS 8.1 went off without a hitch. When it
>came to installing BootX things did not go so well. everything appeared to
>be cool as the files were installing but at about the 100th file an alert
>popped up with a file not found error. The alert covers the install window
>so I can't see the file that is not found. a couple of attempts later and
>still nothing. in the past I was able to get bootX to install off the
>linuxPPC-2000 cd but that distro was crashing all the time and with a good
>iMac kicking away it has been a low priority to get the 7500 working..
>
>My question finally; Can I use the bootX install form the linuxPPC distro
>and use the YDL2 install? or has anyone seen this problem before and knows
>what to do about it?
>
>thanks
>Shane

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