Problems installing Yellow Dog Linux onto Old World Mac

[jrolland at SoftHome.net]

Hello, again, all!

Debian-PowerPC and KUbuntu-PPC didn't work at all (couldn't even get the
installer to run), so I'm back to YDL.

I have discovered that part of my problem was trying to install 4.0.1 on
an Old World Mac.

The directions in <http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?t=339> are
for 4.0, *not* 4.0.1 or 4.1; vmlinux-2.6.8-1.ydl.7 is the kernel that
actually ships with 4.0, and is incompatible with 4.0.1 for sure and 4.1
assumedly.

Having said that, I now get a "corrupt gcclib package" error at the start
of the installation (instead of the consistent hangs I got with 3.0.1).

Would anyone happen to have a copy of the original TerraSoft CDs for 4.0
(and maybe even the manual) I could buy from them? My 7500 can't read
CD-RWs and is very finicky about which CD-Rs it will read, so I really
need the original TerraSoft copies to isolate for where I'm getting the
problem.

Thanks much for all the help; I'll post to the YDL boards once I'm sure
what the problems are - the 4.0/4.0.1 thing was a big step forward!

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