Install Issues (YDL version 3.0.1) Long Post - Please Read!
mascarasnake
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun May 2 07:43:01 2004
Hi guys,
Have you tried changing your partitioning scheme? From what I
understand, The first partition after the Apple Drivers should be a 1
MB Bootstrap for yaboot to reside - before any HFS(+) or linux
partitions. There may also be an issue with the partition set aside for
YDL being already formatted. I may be wrong, but I believe that
Anaconda requires an unallocated partition in order to format its
partitions.
g'luck and HTHO
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mascarasnake@mac.com
On May 1, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Irena and Richard Jenkins wrote:
> Hello people...
>
> [This message was sent to the newbie list ... but may be too
> 'technical' for
> newbies. Hence I have joined this list and sent it here. Thanks.]
>
> For some little time I have been trying to install YDL (sirrius) on an
> iMac
> machine.
>
> Let me give you some of the background.
>
> iMac 350MHz (slot-loading cdrom)
> Memory enhanced to 256Meg
> MacOS 9.0 installed on first partition
> 128Meg of swap partition organised
> 30 Meg of boot partition organised (HFS) (formatted by Mandrake
> installer)
> approximately 3.2 Gig of ext2 partition for install
>
> Software to be installed: YDL version 3.0.1 [sirrius] (taken from a
> local
> server). Date of the file appears to be 11/11/2003.
>
> This machine has had a successful install of YDL version 2.3 ... but I
> would
> like a more up-to-date operating system ... with better security. [BTW
> have
> you run 'Shields Up' on an older linux machine? - it gives lots and
> lots of
> red comments showing open ports to the internet!]
>
> I have also had successful installs of Debian 3.0 (hiss!!!) and
> Mandrake
> 8.2/9.1 (double hiss!!!) on this machine. I want basically a client
> internet
> computer for mail, surfing ... with some office programs to assist me
> with
> letter-writing, etc.
>
> Now to my issue....
>
> Disk 1 boots in the normal way and the install proceeds to the loading
> of
> anaconda.
>
> Bug #1: Despite having ample memory and having my iMac screen
> successfully
> probed, ... the gui install fails and the machine drops back to a text
> install. Is the gui install buggy??
>
> The install dialogue continues with the selection of language for
> install,
> keyboard, mouse (I chose 1-button USB generic), type of install (I
> chose
> 'Personal Desktop').
>
> I wanted to use the previous partitions ... so some work with DiskDruid
> resulted in the following...
>
> /hda9 3009 Meg Apple (HFS)
> /hda10 30 Meg Apple Bootstrap
> //hda11 128Meg Linux Swap
> /hda12 3362 Meg Root File system (format as ext2)
>
> The machine asks permission to format both hda11 and hda12. I then
> choose to
> install Yaboot onto the Boot partition. No special items are passed
> onto the
> kernel at boot time.
>
> I identify the hda9 partition will be mounted as /apple and choose
> eth0 to be
> brought up at boot time using DHCP/Boot as required. Medium security
> is
> chosen. I choose to install Australian English (our spellings are
> different)
> and make it the default language.
>
> There follows some cdrom activity and the next screen is as follows:-
>
> ***********************************************************************
> *****
> An unhandled exception has occurred. It is most likely a bug. Copy
> the text
> and send it to http://bugs.terrasoftsolutions.com. Hence this email.
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "/usr/bin/anaconda",line 701, in ?
> intf.run(id,dispatch,configFileData)
> File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py",line 430, in
> run
> rc=apply(win,(self.screen, ) +args
> File
> "/usr/lib/anaconda/textw/timezone_text.py", line
> 89,in __call__
> self.1.setCurrent (default)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/snack.py" line
> 100, in setCurrent
> self,.w.listboxSetCurrent (self.item2key[item])
> Key Error: America New_York
>
> ***********************************************************************
> ************
>
> at this point I can either safely reboot or go into a degug mode. I
> have
> tried the text install with no change in outcome. I tried offering the
> kernel a video=atyfb128 statement to matchup with my 128Meg Rage video
> card.
> Same result! I tried leaving just US English as the language install.
> Still
> won't get past the screen referred to above. I even tried leaving the
> mouse
> selection ... well anything's worth a try isn't it! Selecting other
> installation choices like 'workstation' provided no change in outcome.
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> As an experiment I again tried the install process tonight ... this
> time
> letting YDL Disk Druid create three new partitions after deleting the
> current
> partitions ( a swap of 256Meg, an Apple Bootstrap of 1 Meg and the
> balance of
> the drive >3 Gig for the root directory). I got the same result.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Is the anaconda file date 11/11/2003 known to be buggy? Do other G3
> iMac
> users have problems with dual-booting in their YDL 3.0.1 installs?
> Someone
> suggested that 3.2 Gig was not enough sopace for a YDL install ... but
> surely
> this can't be true?
>
> Your help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Richard
>
> --
> Irena & Richard Jenkins VK1NDV & VK1RJ
> Canberra, AUSTRALIA
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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