PS3 Installation Fails

[Aaron Johnson]

Thomas,
Have you tried adding a /boot primary partition with a size of about 100 
MB?  this is what the default partitioning calls for?

Aaron

Thomas D. Dial wrote:
> New to Yellow Dog Linux, long time Debian user.
> Target: Sony PS3, 60GB, Logitech cordless keyboard & mouse.
> System software is Version 1.90, current at time of install.
> Installation source is Terrasoft DVD dated July 11, 2007.
>
> Problem: Installation fails, apparently at or very near end - messages
> suggest the installer is trying to write the boot record.
>
> Stack summary shows:
> (top)
>  /usr/lib/anacond/gui.py line 1279 handleRenderCallback
>     self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
>
> (bottom)
>  /sr/lib/booty/bootloader.py line 1768 write bootDevice=rootDevice
>     Unbound Local Error: local variable 'rootDevice' referenced before
> assignment
>
> The "save to floppy option" doesn't work, and I was unable to mount a
> usb disk or flash drive to which to save the dump.
> All options at that point appear to lead to a reboot and reinstall from
> the beginning.
> Other information of questionable relevance:
> Basic partitioning used the 10 GB for PS3 option.  On the remainder, Did
> custom partition with about
> 500MB /, 1000MB swap, 256MB /tmp, 6GB /usr, 2GB /var, 2GB /nome, 8GB /opt.
> First three are "primary" partitions, remainder logical partitions.
> Disk labels appear to be correct - they correspond to the intended mount
> point.
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Tom Dial
> tdial at cox.net
>
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