YDL 4.0.1 FireWire drive installation failure

[Norberto Quintanar]

--- Jeffrey Paul Burger <jeff at sedona.net> wrote:

> I've been trying unsuccessfully to install YDL 4.0.1 on an external
> 130GB
> FireWire drive from a new Aluminum G4 laptop. I joined YDL Enhanced
> and
> downloaded the four YDK 4.0.1 ISOs including
> yellowdog-4.0.1-orion-20050208-install1.iso. I seem to have
> successfully
> burnt the CDs using Toast on OS X. (The YDL installer verified the
> media on
> discs 2-4, but one disc 1 said "Unable to read the disc checksum
> from the
> primary volume descriptor. This probably means the disc was created
> without
> adding the checksum. I didn't perceive this as a deal-breaker). The
> installer CD indeed booted with a YDL FireWire logo and showed the
> FW drive.
> The FW drive originally had a single partition formatted for OS X.
> I told
> the installer to partition automatically and remove all partitions
> so that
> the entire drive would be dedicated to Linux.
> 
> The installation process concluded with an indication that it was
> successful, however the FW drive doesn't show up when I restart or
> cold-start holding down the Option key on either the new Aluminum
> PowerBook
> or an older 800MHz Titanium. (FYI, the optical drive on the Ti-book
> is
> flakey, so I can't try installing from that machine even though it
> will be
> my primary host for this FW Linux drive).
> 
> After I realized the installation didn't seem effective, I started
> part of
> the way back into the installation process to see what Disk Druid
> could tell
> me and I see /dev/sda broken down into the following:
> 
> /dev/sda2 Apple Bootstrap 1 1 1
> /dev/sda3 ext3 129951 1 16567
> /dev/sda4 swap 1020 16567 16697
> /dev/sda5 ext3 100 16697 16710

When you reboot with ALT + APPLE KEY + O + F You should see a boot
prompt and at this prompt type:

boot fw/node/sbp-2/disk at 0:2, yaboot

norberto at quintanar.net


		
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