Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac


Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
From: Sam Rae (iconcow@mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 17:37:27 MST


Yeah, I've got CS 1.1 and I think I read all the iMac notes :)
I'll give a few more things a try and get back to ya. Ta.

> From: Dan Burcaw <dburcaw@terraplex.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 17:21:15 -0700 (MST)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
>
>
> 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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