Subject: Re: Installing YDL
From: Malayil Philip George (georgemp@mac.com)
Date: Sun Oct 21 2001 - 14:44:21 MDT
hi,
i do believe u have to d/l the iso image and burn that to get to
install ydl form a cd. i don't think d/l the files and burning it to
disc would work as the installer ramdisk would be expecting the files on
the cd to be in a particular directory structure or whatever. hope this
helps :-)
George
On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 02:05 AM, Mark Brethen wrote:
>> 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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