Subject: Burning YDL iso (was "Installing YDL")
From: Pete Peters (ppeters914@home.com)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 10:44:31 MDT
Mark, my man, you need to learn to dig a little further and search the
archives. "How-to burn an iso" has been covered numerous times. It would
also help people help you if you include specifics on software versions,
hardware specs, etc.
I've never burned a CD because, well, I don't have a CD burner. DOH!
However, from lurking on this list for far too long <g>, you're correct
in that the OEM version of Toast 4.x will *NOT* burn ISOs. One key thing
in Toast is *NOT* to mount the CD, otherwise you'll end up w/ a coaster.
As for Discribe, I vaguely remember from the MkLinux list that it can,
but it's tricky, especially if you have a Sony CD burner. The poster had
to discuss the issue w/ Charismac tech support, the makers of Discribe.
Have fun.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Brethen [mailto: ]
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 5:10 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: Re: Installing YDL
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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