YDL 3.0.1 Stalls on Boot

Dan Burcaw yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Oct 3 05:13:01 2003


Sounds like its trying to get an address via DHCP?
I've installed YDL 3.0.1 on the same hardware setup (except with Radeon
7500) with no problems...

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 23:55, Brian Howenstein wrote:
> I just installed YDL 3.0.1 on a Dual 1GHz G4 Quicksilver 2002.  The 
> installation was successfully completed, but after the installation 
> restart, YDL will not boot.  The boot process stalls at the point 
> "Bringing up loopback interface: ".  Everything will just hang at that 
> point.  You can hit return and it will create newlines, and 
> Ctrl-Alt-Delete will shut the machine down.  Nothing else will work.  
> The computer hasn't even booted into YDL for the first time yet.
> 
> Machine Specs:
> Dual 1GHz G4 (Quicksilver 2002)
> 1 GB RAM
> 2 x 80 GB Internal Hard Drives
> GeForce 4 MX
> Mac OS X 10.2.6
> Mac OS 9.2.2
> YDL 3.0.1
> 
> Drive Formatting:
> 
> Main HD:
> Mac OS X: Majority of Drive
> Mac OS 9: 2 GB
> YDL 3.0.1: 15 GB (Linux partition was created automatically)
> 
> 2nd Drive is one partition for storage.
> 
> The Mac OS X and 9 installations are about a week old, and the YDL 
> installation is about 2 hours old.  There are no 3rd party USB or 
> Firewire devices connected.  Monitor is a 17" Apple Flat Panel and I am 
> using the standard Apple keyboard and mouse (black).
> 
> I had at one time installed 10.2.8, but prior to installing YDL 3.0.1 
> for the first time, I reformatted (zeroed) both of my HD's and 
> installed OS X up to 10.2.6.
> 
> The YDL 3.0.1 install CD's I have were purchased from Terrasoft 
> directly, but I didn't not pay for installation support.  YDL 
> installation type was 'Workstation'.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian Howenstein
> 
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