Problem after installation on a G3 600mhz iBook

linc rutledge.50 at osu.edu
Thu Jul 21 12:36:41 MDT 2005


Hi David,
> 
> 
> This results in a dialog box prompting me to insert the "Yellow Dog  
> 4.0 disk 1". That disk is already in the CD-ROM drive so I click on  
> the "OK" button. I then get an error dialog that says:
> 
> Unable to access disk
> The disk was unable to be accessed for reading. Please
> confirm that it is in the drive and try again.
> 
> Trying again produces the same results.
> 
> I know that the disk is readable because I can type "ls /mnt/cdrom"  
> from a shell prompt and get a directory listing of the CD. Does  
> anyone have any idea why the Add/Remove Programs utility can't see  
> what is on the CD? Is there a way around this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> David Betz
> 

The install script wants to mount the cdrom for you.  Unmount it before
you click "OK".  I had the same problem.

You might try setting up YUM to make it easy to install and update from
the Web.

Linc



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