Subject: Re: Installing YDL
From: Mark Brethen (mbrethen@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Sun Oct 21 2001 - 14:35:02 MDT
>Mark,
>
>You might've gotten a response already, but nothing to the list, and I
>know I've been irritated in newbier days by "unanswered" questions on the
>list (probably answered in direct email instead) -- so here ya go.
>
>I've got a beige G3 and "booted from" the 2.0 ISO first time (you actually
>/don't/ boot from the CD on these machines, FYI -- see below. (Whether it
>was helpful is another matter - but considering the serious kludge that
>was my existing distro, I'm not surprised.) I'd check a few things: first,
>find out whether your CD was properly burned. Second, remember that your
>G3 (and mine) is not a New World ROM machine, and as such WILL NOT BOOT
>straight from the YDL CD. You've got to use BootX, hit "Use RAM Disk",
>select the boot RAM image and kernel from where you copied them into your
>Mac System folder (you did copy the RAM disk and kernel onto your Mac
>drive, didn't you? ;) ) and reboot. You refer to the installer, so
>presumably you got this far, but I'd double check that you don't have your
>old (LinuxPPC) kernel referenced in BootX.
>
>I also would suggest using the text mode installer (I had only limited
>success with the X installer, so I performed most of my install straight
>from a mounted (loop device) ISO under YDL 1.2.) Maybe somebody can help
>you determine how to select this...? People? Help the man.
>
>I know it can be done. I've done it. Be patient, and a little more
>specific if you can (e.g., any messages the installer kernel displays that
>you can catch about SCSI devices? do /dev/sdX appear in the partitioning
>stage? what exactly happens?) I'm at a loss for specifics 'cause I'm out
>of town and away from my Linux box, so I can't recreate the boot sequence,
>but more info would help us help you...
>
>As far as OSX goes, if you want something as slick and Mac-like as OSX, by
>all means get OSX. I run Linux on my beige G3 to serve information, not to
>create graphics or music (which I use my Mac for) -- and deserved zealotry
>aside, Gnu/Linux has come a long way, but it's not seamless the way
>software developed with the full weight of a Fortune 500 company will be.
>If you're willing to work with it, it's a great thing, but don't expect a
>perfect consumer product. You've done the right thing writing to the list,
>and when we've got a little more info, we'll do our best to help you out.
>
>- Nathan
>
>
>On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Mark Brethen wrote:
>
>> As a former LinuxPPC user, I purchased yellowdog 2.1. While waiting
>> for it to arrive at my doorstep, I decided to downloaded 2.0 from the
>> ftp site and install it just to familiarize myself with yellowdog.
> > I've followed the install guide but have been unsuccessful in
> > installing it on my second drive. I posted to this list two weeks
> > before and received zero feedback, so I'll try again.
>>
>> For some reason, the installer does not give me the option to install
>> from the hard drive, so I burned the files onto a cd. When I ran the
>> installer again and selected cd/dvd (which is the only choice listed)
>> it kept telling me to insert the cd (as if it was not able to read
>> the cd).
>>
>> If this is what I have to look forward to with 2.1, I may ask for a
>> refund and upgrade to OS X. Can anybody help me? I have a beige G3,
>> two scsi drives, an internal cd and external yamaha 8424 cd burner. I
>> have mac OS 9 on the first scsi drive and I'm trying to install
>> yellowdog on the second scsi drive.
>>
Nathan,
You referred to 2.0 ISO. I didn't download the ISO file, I downloaded
the yellow-2.0 directory
("ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/yellowdog-2.0/"). Is
this what's giving me grief?
--Mark mbrethen@rochester.rr.com
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