install of 2.3

[Cynthia Croy]

mike newman wrote:

>two questions, but i'll post speerately for clarity.
>
>i have a problem with ydl 2.3 on my wallstreet. the installation goes
>fine, giving me the "you have completed installation of dayton...". when i
>reboot though, i do not get the gui login screen. i get the text login,
>and then the screen blinks every 2 seconds or so for a while, then gives
>up with the error message:
>
>  INIT: Id "x" responding too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
>
I think I had a problem like this when I did my LinuxPPC install. As I 
recall, when I set the /etc/inittab to runlevel 3 (text login) it went 
away. As a result, I chose text login for my YDL install as well. Then 
you can type startx at the command prompt to start X windows. Another 
thing I recall from the LinuxPPC install was that I got an error message 
with the monitor setup step. The error went away if I gave Linux the 
same video settings as MacOS. As a result, I have been using MacOS video 
settings with all my YDL installs as well.

Also, in response to your question about partitioning the hard drive - 
the one bit of advice I have is don't put /usr on a separate partition. 
I was terribly frustrated because with my first YDL install I had no 
troubles with the system maintaining the correct time across MacOS and 
Linux. In subsequent reinstalls, it was all messed up. Then, based on a 
post on this list, I learned that if /usr is on a separate partition 
from /, the time zone info doesn't get in Linux at the right time, and 
things are messed up. I reinstalled again with /usr and / on the same 
partition, and my system keeps track of time correctly now. (Many thanks 
to the individual who made that post!! Sorry, but I lost the name in my 
last reformat. . . .)

The problems I had may be totally different from yours, but I thought I 
would let you know about my experiences just in case.

Good Luck -

Cindy