Subject: Re: install image
From: Hamlin R. Krewson (graywolf@vrac.iastate.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 26 1999 - 17:50:21 MDT
Thanks. I did eventually find those instructions. If anyone is listening,
something like this may need to be included with the ydl install image. I
haven't tried it out yet, but will soon.
> From: John Westgate <jwestgate@mediaone.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 13:07:56 -0400
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: install image
>
> These are the instructions I used to burn a CD on a MAC with Toast:
>
> There have been an increasing number of reports of people downloading this
> CD image, burning their CDROM incorrectly, and having the installation fail
> with the now infamous "bootstrap task cannot find config file" error.
>
> The CDROM image is a RAW IMAGE! Do not create an ISO-9660 disk and put
> one gigantic file in it. Do not create a HFS disk and put one gigantic
> file in it. Do not "mount" the image, create a HFS disk and copy
> individual files to it.
>
> If you use the program "Toast" on the Mac, do not "mount" the image. The
> process of mounting it will alter the image's contents. To use Toast with
> this image, go to the "Format" menu, and choose "Disc Image". Then use the
> "Data..." button to select the file. Avoid the "Mount" button.
>
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