Cannot Continue Installation...

[Chad Zoellner]

On 8/20/02 10:17 AM, "yellowdog-newbie-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com"
<yellowdog-newbie-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com> wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:28:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: Cannot Continue Installation Update4...
> From: Chuck <coleman@aracnet.com>
> To: "yellowdog newbie lists.terrasoftsolutions.com"
> <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> 
> on 8/19/02 11:27 AM, Chad Zoellner at chadz@tt123.com wrote:
> 
>> For the forth time pulled the ISO's for YDL 2.3 and YDL 2.2 ran them both
>> each booted fine but again could not find the CD/DVD to mount and could not
>> continue the installer. Swapped out the DVD for a generic CD-Rom same
>> result. I am beginning to think that either my G4 is fried though it will
>> install OSX just fine from a disc or the installers for YDL cannot install
>> on my G4.
>> 
>> Again any help would be appreciated
> 
> It's not your machine. Linux is so user unfriendly that I am surprised
> anyone uses it. Just keep at it.
> 
> Try allocating more disk space to the various partitions. Try 100 MB for the
> boot partition.
> 
> I still can't get on my LAN but I did get it installed. But what good is a
> computer nowadays that doesn't work on a network???
> 
> Chuck
> ------------------------------
> Who is now free from Earthlink
> 

I agree with you that it is not my machine, going through the installer I
don't even get to the point where I can allocate more mem to the partitions,
before it cannot mount the CD/DVD. Apparently someone else is having the
same issues as me...

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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1904 09:00:09 -0500
Subject: 2.3 Install CD: Won't mount CD
From: Dave <scription@mac.com>
To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com

Hi,

I'm trying to install YDL 2.3 on a dual 800 MHz (Quicksilver) G4. I insert
the install cd, press the "c" key, and I'm presented with the boot prompt. I
enter:

install-text video=ofonly

And after choosing my keyboard layout, it claims "The installer was unable
to mount the CD/DVD". I've tried entering things like:

install-text video=ofonly hdi=scsi-ide

But it still doesn't work. I've also tried pressing
control-command-option-F2 and entering:

echo 0 > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/check_media

and it still doesn't work...

Any ideas?

Thanks so very much,

Dave
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I am continuing to try, but I think I am going to give the Debian installer
a try if it works I will post the progress through this thread for others
having the same issues.

Again any help would be appreciated.

-chadz