Subject: Re: Installing YDL
From: Mark Brethen (mbrethen@rochester.rr.com)
Date: Sun Oct 21 2001 - 18:09:50 MDT
Okay, I downloaded the iso image. How does one burn this to a cd? I
don't think the oem version of toast which came with the drive will
burn iso disks. I do have discribe which will burn iso disks but I'm
not sure what to do with the file.
>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
--Mark mbrethen@rochester.rr.com
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