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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