Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 12:36:08 -0600 (MDT)
This is soooo weird. What type of mouse do you have?
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Robert Gilkey wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried the "updcd_ramdisk.image.gz" from the link on the web site under FTP
> Updates. I got the same Error.
> I also tried using BootX 1.0.2. As well as selecting only the defaults.
> It installs (copies) all the files and then gives me a could not configure
> mouse error.
>
> I'm stumped.
> -Robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Burcaw [mailto:dburcaw@terraplex.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 12:56 PM
> To: Robert Gilkey
> Cc: 'yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com'
> Subject: Re: Install Problems on a 6400
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Robert Gilkey wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I just got my copy of YellowDog and tried to install it last night.
> > Unfortunately it didn't quite work.
> >
> > I am running a Performa 6400 with 48 megs of Ram and an ATI XclaimVR Video
> > Card with 4 Megs of Ram.
> >
> > Well here is what happened.
> > I used fdisk (pdisk) to format my drive. The first 4 partitions were left
> > untouched.
> > I set up 4 partitions:
> > root-100MB
> > usr-300MB
> > home-380MB
> > swap- 82MB
> >
> > Then I began the install process and it went smoothly until after it got
> > done checking for overlapping files. The screen flashed "error during
> > configure mouse". I am using a standard apple mouse and keyboard. It asked
> > to go to Previous, Retry or Menu.
> >
> > Previous didn't work neither did Retry. I was forced to go to the Menu
> > screen (figure 7.3 in the install manual)
> >
> > I tried skipping the mouse but nothing else worked either.
> > I tried using the newest ramdisk.image.gz file and that helped a little. I
> > was able to install copy al the files over before I got the Mouse Error
> > Message. I also uninstalled my Video Board but that didn't help.
>
> Did you try the latest "updcd_ramdisk.image.gz"?
> This is the ramdisk people with the CDROM should be updating to.
> Once you've downloaded it, rename it to ramdisk.image.gz.
>
>
> >
> > What am I doing wrong and are there any special tricks for installing on
> the
> > 6400?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> >
> >
> Let me know how it works,
>
> Dan
>
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>
>
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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