Install Woes

[Cynthia Croy]

Hi Seth-

I'll try to help. . .

>I'm trying to install YDL on a PowerCenter 120. This is not my first Linux
>install, though it is my first YDL install. The PowerCenter 120 is a "should
>work" machine, not a "will work" one, but I don't think the problem I'm
>having can be blamed on the Mac.
>
I don't think so either. I have a PowerBase 180 and it works. Since 
they're from the same company, I would assume they are very similar.

>
>Here's what's going wrong. Upon running the Boot-X (1.2.2) Installer:
>
>1 - Things appear to run normally.
>2 - The app gives me the "Preparing to install..." message and the CD spins.
>3 - I get the "We might have to restart. OK?" message. I say OK.
>4 - I get to "Installing 0 of 114 Items."
>5 - It gets to about 108 files (VMLinux_2.2) then tells me that it can't
>find a file it needs. Reinstall or Quit?
>
My first guess would be hard disk space i.e. not enough of it. Are you 
trying to split your install between the two 1Gb drives? I don't know 
how to do this, but I've seen other people have a separate partition for 
/usr or /home. I would think separate drives would be the same 
procedure. Have you tried a base install? If that works, lack of drive 
space is probably your problem. I tried installing the Home/Office 
package on my original drive (1.2Gb with 1Gb for Linux), and I got 
"Install failed".

>
>
>Reinstalling doesn't work. When I try, I immediately get a "File Not Found"
>error. I figure that either my Install CD is somehow corrupted (unlikely) or
>there's some reason why I can't install from OS 7.5.x (more likely).
>
If your problem isn't hard drive space, I would guess a corrupted 
install CD is more likely. I think I did my install from OS9, but I have 
Boot X installed on both OS 9 and OS 7.5.3, on separate drives even, and 
selecting Linux in either takes me to the same place. I don't know 
anything about how BootX mediates control of Linux  vs. Mac OS, but I 
would assume that once it hands it off to the installer, it shouldn't 
matter which Mac OS you have.

>
>
>Can anyone help me out?
>
>Other note: If I try to boot to Linux, I get a Kernel Panic and, when I
>reboot to MacOS, the CD Drive doesn't work. I have to shut the Mac down and
>startup to MacOS to get the CD drive to work.
>
You made it farther than I did. When I try to reboot into MacOS from 
Linux, my computer freezes after I select Mac OS in the Boot X 
extension. :-)

Good Luck!

Cindy

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