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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