yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #1196 - 7 msgs

[Rich Simpson]

I did check for firmware updates, but either my powerbook already had 
the update, or it does not need it, as the updater said...

On Dec 12, 2003, at 11:01 AM, 
yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:

> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 07:02:12 -0800 (PST)
> From: Norberto Quintanar <nquintanar@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: yellowdog-general digest, Vol 1 #1195 - 8 msgs
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>
> Have you tried to update the firmware in your DVD module?  From what
> I understand this will fix your CD-rom problem, buy "may" create a
> new memory problem.
>
> --- Rich Simpson <rich@richcreations.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, I will go buy some 650MB disks and try them, if you can
>> even
>> still buy them..., but I am puzzled, I use 700MB disk all the time
>> in
>> Mac OSX on this machine, and as a test, I copied my OSX install
>> disks,
>> using the same blank cd's and burner I used for YDL, and it
>> installed
>> fine, as well as netbsd, but mandrake failed in the same way as
>> YDL...
>> Is this a problem with the hardware, or with the way linux
>> interacts
>> with the hardware (driver issues)?
>> -Rich
>> On Dec 12, 2003, at 6:06 AM,
>> yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
>>
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:07:30 -0400
>>> From: Gavin Hemphill <hemphill@cdr1-12.accesscable.net>
>>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>> Subject: Re: YDL install on pismo fails
>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>>>
>>> The original dvd-rom module on the pismo has trouble with certain
>>> oversize (ie. 700Mbyte) cdroms.  I was lucky and had a regular
>> cd-rom
>>> available from another machine that let me do the install on the
>> pismo.
>>>   Some people have had success by re-burning the cd-roms on
>> different
>>> burners.
>>> 	G++
>>>
>>> Rich Simpson wrote:
>>>> I posted before about a failed install on a G3 firewire laptop
>> 500mhz
>>>> (pismo), It has the original dvd-rom module in the media-bay,
>> 256MB
>>>> ram
>>>> (apple installed) and 12GB HD. I have tried a text install as
>> well as
>>>> the gui install, and it does the same thing, it starts
>> installing and
>>>> then just stops, no errors it just sits there for ever. I used
>> the
>>>> same
>>>> disks to install on an emac and it worked fine, so I assume my
>> disks
>>>> are
>>>> good. Any ideas about what is wrong here?
>>>> -rich
>>>>