Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Sun, 25 Apr 1999 16:24:12 -0600 (MDT)
> Seeing as this is the case, I hope no one minds if I ask some questions
> that have probably already been asked this month. I'm a reasonably
> experienced user (Redhat since 5.0, recently switched to Debian) and am
> trying to help a neighbor set up yellowdog on his B&W.
>
> 1) Is FTP install supposed to work, or is it still extremely beta? If it's
> beta, I provide these as a bug report, if not, well, I hope someone can
> help me out. At this point, this is only a summary- I'll post details when
> I have access to my friend's machine again. He's got a paper due tomorrow
> :-)
I've done several FTP installs...and I know others have too.
>
> Basically, after fiddling with numerous file locations, the installer
> finds the stage2.img file, and the install procedes. Occasionally, this
> will either cause an SIOADDRCART error, which freezes the installer. More
> often, it will give the same errors I've described below. The rest of the
> time (maybe 1/2 of all attempts) it'll get through and grab the image.
>
> If it does get past that stage, it goes fine through to package selection.
> After that, there is an obscure error related to "line 107" (don't recall
> the name of the file- I'll find it later). The installer procedes to search
> the site for the .rpms. It can't get them, despite attempting the proper
> URLs (according to the record in the third terminal.) Without fail, I get
> one of two error messages: either the server "can't be put into sleep
> mode" or there is an "I/O error." I get the same messages when using
> ftp.yellowdoglinux.com, ftp.linuxberg.com, and the uiuc site.
Interesting.. I wonder if these errors are B&W specific.. I'll try ftp
install on o ur B&W.
> Any hints? Suggestions? Thoughts?
>
> 2) Is there a cd-image somewhere on the FTP site? I've tried to burn a
> disc in the configuration indicated by
>
> ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/champion-1.0/ppc/README
>
> but the install program does not recognize it as a yellowdog disc. Should
> the disc have a specific title? Or is there another trick to it?
IT has to be in ISO9660 format w/ Rock Ridge Extensions. We haven't made
an image available due to space limitations with our mirror sites.. If a
third party makes a image that works (using mkisofs or mkhybrid) we'll
place a link to it from the web page and in a README file on the ftp
sites.
> 3) Is there a text-only (i.e., searchable) version of the install guide?
> The .pdf version is great for those who don't know what they are doing
> (which I guess is the main goal here) but not particularly helpful for
> those who have done RedHat installs in the past. Plus, it assumes that
> you have bought the CD- there is absolutely no attempt to explain
> procedures for those who are trying to get the distro from the 'Net. Is
> there any help anywhere for people like that (i.e., like me?)
Right.. because really the other methods (FTP, etc.) are all covered in
Red Hat's online manual which is on our ftp site in doc/. The only
differences between the Red Hat intel-based installation and ours are
discussed in our install guide.
> Thanks in advance for your help- I look forward to contributing once my
> friend's system is up-
> Luis Villa
>
> > On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Luis Villa wrote:
> >
> > > Is there an April archive for this list? I can't seem to find a link on
> > > the lists page, nor does subbing "April" for "march" in the URL for the
> > > March archive seem to help. Thanks...
> > > Luis
> > >
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> > > to hear the softly spoken magic spell:"
> > >
> > > "There's no place like home...
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> >
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> > email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> > website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
> >
> >
> >
>
> #######################################################################
>
> "They call the faithful to their knees
> to hear the softly spoken magic spell:"
>
> "There's no place like home...
> There's no place like home...
> There's no place like home."
>
> -Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
> -Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz
>
> #######################################################################
>
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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