Subject: Re: At the end of my installation rope!
From: Larry Blodgett (blodgett@telocity.com)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2001 - 14:10:28 MDT
Is the Zip disk formatted and how is it formatted?
>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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