5500 install

Roger Scow yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:42:30 -0500


I had the same problem with my install.  My #2 ISO CD was bad.  Either=20=

the d/l was corrupted, or the burn was.  So, I d/l'd from a different=20
mirror and burned another CD.  Voila.

Try it.

ROger

On Aug 15, 2004, at 6:31 PM, Rafael Sant=B4Anna Meyer wrote:

>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 16:08:23 -0400
>> From: mascarasnake <dontdrill@earthlink.net>
>> I'll drop in my pennies.
>>
>> My first thought is that your disk is corrupted. Somewhere in the
>> download/burn process, something went awry.
>
> I see
>
>> My second is that the partition map is wrong. Make sure that your=20
>> first
>> partition (for YDL) is "unallocated".
>
> What do you mean unallocated?
>
>> To really get some help, toss out some more info, like:
>>         - How did you download and burn the ISOs?
>
>      I had asked a pc user friend with a fast connection to download
> and burn it to me. She did a nice DL without interruptions and the
> burn process had run smooth.
>
>>         - How is your disk partitioned?
>
>     I have a Samsung 40 gb 7200rpm drive. The partitions are split in
> this way: 2 gb for mac os, 15 gb for free space disk and 20 gb
> dedicated to Linux, this linux partition is split at a 1mb ffor boot,
> 256mb for swap and the rest for the system and other files.
>
>>         - What Mac OS are you running?
>
> Mac OS9.1
>
>>         - How did you download and burn the ISOs?
>
>     I got it ffrom terrasoft ftp server
>
>>         - What have you tried, thus far, to solve this
>
>    I tired remove the ethernet board, and install it without the =
board.
>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 17:50:32 -0400
>> From: David Wadson <wadson@shaw.ca>
>
>> If you can get a newer machine running even temporarily, share the=3D20=

>> install discs via NFS - it's much easier than fighting with the CDs.
>
> It is hard because there are almost no macs at my city and I am almost
> a lonely mac user in my hood. And my mac os don't recognize my network
> board for some unknow reason.  :(
>
> Maybe I go ask to someone dowload Debian or Mandrake and install their=20=

> distros.
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