Problems installing YDL 2.3

Mark Walker yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 20:44:32 -0700


Use the text Ram disk image to install with.  Should be called:
ramdisk-text.image.gz  BootX installs it in your system folder.
You can change the Ram disk install option by clicking the Options button on
The BootX control panel and the selecting which image to use.

> Hi all,
> 
> I just purchased YDL 2.3 and am having difficulty getting to the GUI
> installer off of the cd to install. I have successfully installed BootX
> and when I reboot I can select Linux which then runs the installation
> CD. I see a run of command lines but also see one that indicates that it
> cannot read the partition table. Eventually it starts to boot into
> XServer and looks like the GUI installer is going to run. I get a blue
> screen and then it indicates that XServer is going to shut down which
> then reboots me into MacOS.
> 
> My partition scheme is this:
> 
> First Partition: 8 GB HFS+ for Mac OS X
> Second: 1 GB HFS +
> Third: 8 GB HFS + for OS 9
> Fourth: 8 GB HFS +
> Fifth: 8 GB Unallocated
> 
> I am running a G3 266 Desktop Beige
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed
> 
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