INSTALL TERMINATES WITH 1 MINUTE LEFT!!

[Norberto Quintanar]

--- john gardiner <?> wrote:
> 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

NO!! oops I had caps lock on ;)

Anyway, you are experiencing the 8gb free space dillema.  You need to
divide the 20gb partition into two partitions, one being  less than
8gb.  The other one being whatever you want it to be i.e. storage
etc...  But you will have to reinstall.  Sorry.


	
		
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