Subject: Re: Powerbook G3 Bronze Installation
From: JCS (chris526@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Sep 10 1999 - 15:03:48 MDT
It now appears that the three finger salute did in fact solve my problem.
However, I was including the /dev/ in the root device field of the BootX App
and this was what was causing the "Unable to mount root partition -
rebooting in 180 seconds" error during the Linux boot.
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From: Harold Bolton <bolton@asl.cr.usgs.gov>
To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Subject: Re: Powerbook G3 Bronze Installation
Date: Fri, Sep 10, 1999, 3:05 PM
I was going to tell you to use the 3 finger salute and return to the
installer
and then find that the partitions have been written when pdisk said they
weren't, but I guess that didn't work for you. I know I felt lucky as hell
that
anything worked after the rude reboot. I sure like to figure this one out in
case I have to do further installations.
cheers,
-harold
> Subject: Powerbook G3 Bronze Installation
>
> I am attempting to install YDL 1.1 on a PB400 Bronze. I am getting the
> device busy error in pdisk when trying to write the partition map. I am
> aware of the advice to reboot the system after trying to write the partition
> map but I'm not sure how to do this properly. After quitting pdisk, the only
> way to reboot was to use the three finger salute (command, option, power
> button). The machine reboots into the MacOS. I then run the BootX App, go
> back into the installer by selecting the "Use Ram Disk" checkbox, complete
> the installation process, boot into Linux and then I get an "unable to mount
> root partition - rebooting in 180 seconds" error. I am using the newest PBG3
> 1999 kernel.
>
> It seems that others have had similar problems with installation on the
> PB400 Bronze and that rebooting after using pdisk has worked for them but I
> am having no such luck.
Harold Bolton
Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory
U.S. Geological Survey
Building 10002, Kirtland AFB-East
Albuquerque, NM 87115-5000
Phone: (505) 846-5646 (x3032 to use voice mail)
FAX: (505) 846-6973
E-mail: bolton@asl.cr.usgs.gov
Web page: http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/
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