Fwd: Problems installing Yellow Dog Linux onto Old World Mac

[Jeffrey Rolland]

Hello again, all!

I tried a few different things, and wanted to provide more specific  
feedback in the hopes that it may be useful information to some.


Trial 1:

For BootX, I was using the kernel vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1 included on  
the 4.0.1 CD (not the vmlinux-2.6.8-1.ydl.7 indicated in <http:// 
www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=249> ("how to install YDL 4.0  
on old world mac?") and <http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php? 
t=381>). I was using ramdisk size 58192. I was using the "More Kernel  
arguments" of "video=controlfb:vmode:13,cmode:32". I am not sure what  
ramdisk I was using.

For the CD, I was using the 4.0.1 CD.

The exact error message I received was

"
'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
	File "/usr/bin/anaconda:, line 193
		if outfields[0] == "connecting" and outfields[-1] == "failed":
		                                  ^
SynatxError: invalid syntax
"

The rest just indicated how the system abended and I could restart my  
machine.

Trial 2:

For BootX, I was using the kernel vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1 included on  
the 4.0.1 CD. I was using ramdisk size 58192. I was using the "More  
Kernel arguments" of "video=controlfb:vmode:13,cmode:32". I was using  
the ramdisk supplied on the 4.0.1 CD.

For the CD, I was using the 4.0.1 CD.

The exact error message I received was

"
install exited abnormally
"

The rest just indicated how the system abended and I could restart my  
machine.

Trial 3:

For BootX, I was using the kernel vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1 included on  
the 4.0.1 CD. I was using ramdisk size 58192. I was using the "More  
Kernel arguments" of "video=controlfb:vmode:13,cmode:32". I was using  
the ramdisk supplied on the 3.0.1 CD.

For the CD, I was using the 4.0.1 CD.

The exact error message I got was from Anaconda, and it said

"
You don't have enough RAM to run Yellow Dog. [OK]
"

(This is obviously silly, since I have 1 GB of RAM, but at least  
Anaconda ran.)

Trial 4:

For BootX, I was using the kernel vmlinux-2.6.10-1.ydl.1 included on  
the 4.0.1 CD. I was using ramdisk size 18192. I was using the "More  
Kernel arguments" of "video=controlfb:vmode:13,cmode:32". I was using  
the ramdisk supplied on the 3.0.1 CD.

For the CD, I was using the 4.0.1 CD.

The exact error message I got was from Anaconda, and it said

"
You don't have enough RAM to run Yellow Dog. [OK]
"

(This is again obviously silly.)

Hope this is of some use to someone.

Sincerely,
--
Jeffrey Rolland
<jrolland at softhome.net>


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jeffrey Rolland <jrolland at softhome.net>
> Date: August 20, 2006 4:08:25 PM CDT
> To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Problems installing Yellow Dog Linux onto Old World Mac
> Reply-To: Discussion List for New Yellow Dog Linux Users <yellowdog- 
> newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
>
> Hello, all!
>
> I am attempting to install Yellow Dog Linux (versions 3.0.1 and 4.0.1
> burned and tried, 2.3 burned but not yet tried, waiting for CDs onto
> which to burn 4.1) onto an Old World Mac (Power Macintosh 7500 with 1
> GB RAM and a 50 GB HD (10 GB Mac OS 8.6 and 40 GB unformatted)) and I
> am having trouble.
>
> The 4.0.1 disk won't load Anaconda (the YDL installer engine) and
> crashes.
>
> The 3.0.1 disk will load Anaconda, but won't read the 3.0.1 disk for
> data and keeps waiting for readable CD; the 3.0.1-loaded Anaconda
> will read the 4.0.1 disk a little bit, but then crashes.
>
> Is there anybody on the list who has experience using BootX and
> mayhap even experience installing YDL on a machine this old? I am
> contacting TerraSoft about purchasing installation support, but the
> Mac is so old that I have little hope for this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>
> Sincerely,
> --
> Jeffrey Rolland
> <jrolland at softhome.net>
>
>
>
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