Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
From: Sam Rae (iconcow@mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 17:16:24 MST
Dan,
If I use the ramdisk that came with YellowDog I don't even get as far as I
did before. I'll give it another shot though. Thanks.
- Sam Rae
> From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terraplex.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:23:54 -0700 (MST)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
>
>
> No, use the ramdisk that comes with your CDROM.
>
>> Dan,
>>
>> It may not be new, but I was referring to the iMac ramdisk. I read that I
>> should be using it, and it seems to work. Is that what I should be using?
>>
>> Doesn't matter what I use I still don't get far in the installer. The iMac
>> ramdisk has got me as far as I said below, which is the furthest i've got.
>>
>> - Sam Rae
>>
>>> From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terraplex.com>
>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 07:02:04 -0700 (MST)
>>> To: YellowDog General Mailing List
>>> <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>>> Subject: Re: YDL on an iMac
>>>
>>>
>>> What new ramdisk?
>>>
>>>> I posted this message before in the wrong thread. So here it is again :P
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm having BIG problems installing yellowdog linux from cd onto a revision
>>>> c
>>>> imac. I have the new ramdisk and all that sort of stuff. I get an error
>>>> early in the installation saying:
>>>>
>>>> cannot run /bin/insmod
>>>> No such file or directory
>>>>
>>>> This doesn't stop the installation however, I can keep going.
>>>>
>>>> I get to fdisk and edit my root partition and put "/" in the mount field,
>>>> then click OK. After that it finds the swap partition and I click OK to
>>>> select it. Then the installer packs it in:
>>>>
>>>> In the middle of the screen I get a box saying "Scanning packages..."
>>>>
>>>> On the right of screen it says:
>>>> sending termination signals... done.
>>>> sending kill signals... done.
>>>> unmounting file systems...
>>>> /proc
>>>> you may safely reboot your system.
>>>>
>>>> On the left it says:
>>>> install exited abnormally - received signal 11.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody have a clue to what this is about? I'm new to linux, so don't go
>>>> all
>>>> technical on me :P
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> - Sam Rae
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dan
>>>
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>>
>>
>
> Regards,
> Dan
>
> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> Yellow Dog Linux
> "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>
> Black Lab Linux
> Advanced Workstations and Parallel Solutions
> http://www.blacklablinux.com/
>
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