Install on 8500

[Marc Stergionis]

Sometime around, no, let's make it exactly at 3:48 PM -0500 on 
11/8/02, dongsoo choi transmitted this wisdom:
>  > I am attempting an install YDL 2.3 on a PowerMac 8500/180.
>>
>>  My first question (only 1/2 serious) is, should the install take 10, 20,
>>  or more than 30 attempts? ;)
>>
>>  I originally installed YDL 1.2, and that seemed to work ok.
>>
>>  I then tried 2.3 and got errors of various flavors every time. I was
>>  finally successful doing the most basic of installs, but there were not
>>  enough utilities installed to allow me to do anything.
>>
>>  So I tried again... and again... wiping the existing partitions each
>>  time to clear out any bad ju-ju...
>>
>>  The install *never* completes without some errors (should it?)
>>
>>  When the install *seems* complete (though it gets errors) I reboot and get:
>>
>  > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel

Are you doing a text install, with no video driver checked? I got 2.3 
on a  stock 8600 using the gui installer, worked just fine. My 8600 
at home with cpu and video upgrades worked better with a text 
install, and now works fine too.

I always use the default, recommended install (workstation).

Maybe you have a bad CD? How much HD space are you giving for "/"

-ms
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