INSTALL TERMINATES WITH 1 MINUTE LEFT!!

john gardiner yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Thu, 6 May 2004 15:19:45 +0100


Failure during install.

I was installing YDL 3.0.1 on a G3 B&W Mac. It already has OSX and 
Classic in partitions 2 and 3. There is 20GB free space for Linux 
install as the first partition. Install selection was:

- Workstation, plus customized for most extras (about a 5.8GB install)
- It installs fine up to the last 2 packages of CD3...so 40 minutes of 
sitting watching! I was just watching it tick out the last 1 minute it 
had displayed as time left!!!!!
- It then jumps to text and spurts out a kill signal, install 
terminated abnormally message and you may now reboot message.
- it can then only reboot direct to OSX. No yaboot!! So I have i guess 
99% of the  OS installed, but does yaboot go in last? As this is the 
second run through, facing another 40 mins sitting there is too much 
(as it is a machine in an office way from mine and I have to move about 
between CDs!)

IS there any way to pick up a part install and complete it!?? OSX Disk 
Utility can see (greyed out) the two main Linux partitions and indeed 
they have lots of data on them....I am loath to have to start yet 
again!

Thanks