Subject: Re: Installing Problem
From: Joe Stewart (joerex@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 08:08:12 MDT
Many others have experienced this problem. The problem is that the Mac OS
can't properly display those filenames. You should download the disk image,
NOT mount it, instead just drag it right onto toast to burn.
Joe
on 9/28/00 12:35 AM, Som Datye at som@li.is wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm new to this list, and I'm also new to Linux. I have an 333 MHz, purple
> iMac, and I don't think I have to say more about that.
>
> I downloaded the Yellow Dog Linux Image file from the official FTP server
> two days ago, and it started all fine. I used the Installation Guide and all
> that: I partitioned etc. but when it came to the install process itself
> error messages started appearing. They said that they couldn't find any of
> those files which were neccesary. All my files were on a FTP server which
> I'm positive that works fine. But the thing was that filenames the the
> installer wsa trying to find were a whole lot different that the same files
> on the Image. For example: let's say the installer is trying to find a file
> called "asdf2.0-1.2.2", but on the Image it's called "ASDF2.0". I tried it
> out by changing the filename and then it worked. But does this mean I'm
> gonna have to change all the names ?
>
> Hope you can help,
> Som Datye
>
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