Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 17:21:15 MST
You do have CS 1.1 right?
Are you reading the iMac notes in the manual?
iMac + YDL should be flawless.
> 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
> >>>
> >>> 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/
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 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/
> >
>
>
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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