Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
From: Sam Rae (iconcow@mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 17:48:24 MST
I'm pretty sure I followed the manual correctly. To format my disk I used
Apple Drive Setup and the pdisk. Am I allowed to do that, or will that stuff
something up?
My HD is set up with the linux root and swap already done. Should I be doing
this in the installer instead?
- Sam Rae
> From: ssalvi@just4clicks.com
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 00:46:19 GMT
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
>
>
> Don't know what Rev. iMAC you're using, but I have it on a Rev2 Bondi Blue,
> and it installed without a problem...just telnet to imac.just4clicks.com I
> even have sites hosted on it. Customers are telling me it's faster than my
> Penguin machines, or my (yeeeech) Cobalt servers...
>
> As far as the install goes, make sure you do EXACTLY as the manual
> specifies...minimum install of OS8.5 or better, and partition it for about
> 1GB...
>
> Hope it helps...
> ________________________________________
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>
> Sam Rae
> <iconcow@mac. To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> com> cc:
> Subject: Re: [YDL]Re: YDL on an iMac
> 01/20/00
> 04:37 PM
> Please
> respond to
> yellowdog-gen
> eral
>
>
>
>
>
> 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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