Subject: Re: At the end of my installation rope!
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 13:13:29 MDT
It looks like the machine is still in boot process ? have you waited or just
hit enter ? ive seen YDL machines just sit there till you hit enter. Also you
could try to boot into single user mode: at lilo type: linux --single
-D
"OpticNerve, Inc. - Information" wrote:
> We have this Blue/White G3 that has literally been used as a paperweight
> since March 2000. The machine was purchased in October of 1999, so I guess
> this makes it a "NEW WORLD" system.
>
> The machine has 128MB RAM, a 400MHz CPU, and runs MacOS 8.6.
>
> A brand new 20GB IDE drive is THE ONLY THING that has ever been added to
> this machine, expressly for the purpose of installing YD2.0.
>
> The new 20GB IDE drive has been formatted into 4 equal partitions.
>
> In an effort to breath new life into this machine, I am attempting to
> install YD2.0, which I have been told should be a simple process (yea
> right). We are a 100% RH Linux shop, so getting this machine up-and-running
> as a Linux box will make me look great.
>
> So, to this end, I downloaded the ISOs for YD2.0 and burned them to CDs.
>
> Following the Engineering instructions from the YellowDog web site, I made
> sure that a ZIP disk was in the ZIP drive.
>
> I restart the machine and hold down the 'c' key. The system boots to the CD
> ROM.
>
> At this point I think I am going to be a hero.
>
> And then I get the following message, and everything comes to a halt.
>
> ---BEGIN MESSAGE---
> Welcome to yaboot version 1.1.1
> boot: install
> Loading Kernel...
> Elf32 Kernel loaded
> Loading ramdisk...
>
> via_calibrate_decr:decrementer_count = 249346 (1496078 ticks)
> Console: colour dummy device 80x25
> Calibrating delay loop... 796.26 BogoMIPS
> Memory: 122752 available (1784 kernel code, 2748k data, 188k init)
> [c0000000, ebf00000]
> Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 1024k)
> Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 5, 512k)
> Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k)
> UFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized
> POSIX confomance testing by UNIFIX
> PCI: probing PCI Hardware
> Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
> Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0
> NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
> IP protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
> TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536)
> NET4: Appletalk .18 for Linux NET4.0
> Initialing RT netlink socket
> Starting kswapd v 1.5
> clgen: Driver for Cirrus Logic based graphic boards, v1.5.2
> Couldn't find PCI device
> aty128fb:detected XCLK=0x2711, ref_div=0x1b
> aty128fb:Rage128 RE (PCI) [chip rev 0x2] 16m 128-bit SDR SGRAM (1:1)
> Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
> fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on /pc1@80000000/ATY,Rage128x@10
> aty128fb:detected XCLK=0x2711, ref_div=0x23
> fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on
> /pc1@80000000/pci-bridge@d/ATY,Rage128o@2
> IBM_E15: initializing
> IBM_E15: could not find S3 864 in system
> input0: Macintosh mouse button emulation
> Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
> ---END MESSAGE---
>
> I have literally spent the last 48 hours searching for some assistance all
> over the YelloDog web site, the mailing lists, and even through Google.
> Unfortunataly, I am still stuck. I even took the time to re-download the
> ISOs and re-burn them. Still nothing. So, I am hoping that someone can at
> least tell me what all of this means.
>
> Any input whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tal Golan
> opticnerve_info@yahoo.com
>
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Network Security Administrator
Christopher M Downs
Skillsoft Corporation
http://www.skillsoft.com
"you can't point and click your
way to super cracker status -"
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