Subject: Re: YDL installer can't find CD (2)
From: dylan (iici@mac.com)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2001 - 18:40:29 MST
ok-
i re-burned the disk, using longer filenames.
i used toast 4.2, and burned the cd as an iso9600.
however i get the same problem! when it comes time to pick a install source,
it cannot find the CD that is in the drive!
any ideas?
thanks
d
>
> Weird...
>
> Sounds like you're mounting it in a format that restricts drive labels to
> 8 characters (MS-DOS?). what burning sw are you using?
>
> I've had no trouble at all using YDL CDs burned in Toast 4.x. They don't
> boot 'cause I'm on an Old World machine, but I can mount them (well, they
> automount now) and read them and everything just fine.
>
> - n2
>
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, dylan wrote:
>
>> ok, i tried all of the tricks
>> 1. (echo 0 > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/check_media)
>> 2. tried using 2.2 kernel w/o video driver
>>
>> i found this out:
>> the ram disk supplied with the installer mounts the cd (/dev/hdc in this
>> case) in /mnt/media . for some reason the folder that should say "yellowdog"
>> has the "g" missing! perhaps this is why the installer cant find the "CD"
>> .... has anyone had this problem before? can this be fixed by using a
>> different method of burning the iso?
>>
>> has anyone ever gotten an install cd burned on a mac to work?
>>
>> d
>>
>
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