Subject: Re: YDL Install hangs at beginning of package dependency check
From: ke Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2001 - 04:16:06 MDT
>> During a new clean install of YDL 2.0 (received just 2 weeks ago) on a
>> beige G3, I can get through the package install but, just before package
>> dependency checking, it hangs. A few times, the title bar on the XWindow
>> claimed that it had started the package dependency checking and other
>> times it still says what it did during the package install - something
>> about 'progress' I believe.
>>
>> At any rate, I can't seem to get past it. I've tried it with and without
>> a disk in the Zip drive. I tried it with new clean partitions twice and
>> with the packages already installed 3 times (the latter involves hitting
>> some "Ok" or such-like button about 200 times while the installer tells
>> me that each of the packages is already installed and of the same
>> version).I've tried choosing the suggested "Default" install and the
>> "Custom" where it asks you a few more questions. I've tried the
>> graphical and the text-based installers. I even let it stay in this
>> state overnight once just to make sure that the problem wasn't just with
>> my level of patience.
>>
>> In case it matters, I'm using BootX and the machine has 96MB.
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob
>
>
> I have had a similar problem with my G3 Beige Tower. I have tried
> clean installs 5 times and every time it gets to the "click on Linux"
> stage to install and either the screen goes dark, until I restart, or
> I get this very dark text reading that items are booting but then
> nothing ever happens.
>
> I once left it running all night for the same reason as you, with no response.
>
> I will try the tech support that came with it, but if anyone has any
> suggestions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
I too had problems installing the full package with BootX on a PPC 7600
until I increased the SWAP size to double my RAM size. Then it went alright.
I also made the boot partition 16 MB's ( a bit of voodoo though). Of course
all this on unallocated drive space and the Mac part non HFS+. I used the
text installer since X-systems might use too much overhead. Seems to me that
the installer needs a lot of swap space to calculate everything and unpack
it so this could be logical....
Regards,
Aake, "Linux newbie - threading the long and narrow way of console mode -
simply fascinated"
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