Subject: Re: At the end of my installation rope!
From: Larry Blodgett (blodgett@telocity.com)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 14:08:46 MDT
My guess is that the initial CD boot is trying to figure out what
some device or PCI card is. In some cases this takes an unusually
long time. I one time waited for 10 to 15 minutes and it finally
recovered. Don't ask me why the long wait, I don't know. Sorry if
this is not helpful and you have waited for hours. Also, I know that
you have reburned the CD but have you checked or verified the CD with
CDR Scanner on the machine that is booting the CD? Is this a
standard CDR or a CDRW? I agree that this should all be easy.
>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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-- Larry Blodgett Email: blodgett@telocity.com Email: leb@wt.net--- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ---"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither." -B. Franklin ---"Always ask the question, never assume the answer." -Marcus Radich 1999
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