Install on 8500

[Pete Prodoehl]

More details:

partitions: (2 drives)

sda5 145mb swap
sda6 10mb boot
sda7 1800mb /
sdb5 340mb Mac OS
sdb6 home

First though, is 1800mb enough disk space? Perhaps I'll change these 
partitions a bit and try again...

How much disk space is required for the default/workstation install?

I've tried the text and gui installer - with basically the same results. 
I don't mind the text installer, as that's what I'm used to, and thought 
it might be less buggy than the gui based install.

The video driver never seemed to be an issue, would it affect the actual 
installation process?

I've tried setting BootX to look at sda7 (as the install said) as well 
as sda6, just in case. No luck... sda7 (which is /) would be correct, right?

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll give it another go.


Pete


 >
 > 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 "/"

 > The kernel is not seeing the root partition. Most likely it is set
 > incorrectly in BootX.

> Hi, I was installing YDL 2.3 on a PowerMac 7500/100, and that machine is 
> very similar to PowerMac 8500. It is possible. I always left "no video 
> driver" unchecked, I have no clue why I should need it.
> 
> Both GUI and text-based-installer did work. What I really forgot first 
> was the huge disk-space I had to keep ready for the installer: 
> home/office option takes 1,5 GB, the "developer" 1,7 GB etc. If the 
> installer runs out of diskspace it hangs forever somewhen, without any 
> useful message about what was wrong. I started with a 1 GB partition :-p
> 
> That said, aren't those installer nothing else than modified 
>