Subject: Re: Yellowdog iso image
From: Andrew Stout (astout2@swarthmore.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2002 - 02:23:40 MST
What are you burning with?
It's possible that you may need to download again...I've heard of
things that get messed up if they think they're text instead of
binary, and an iso image might be one. But maybe not. How much of a
pain is re-downloading (i.e. what's your dl situation? T1? 56K?)
>Well, I tried twice and got one toaster and one CD with a 641.3 meg
>text file. :)
>
>Any ideas on how to fix this image? Or do I need to try downloading again?
>
>Bert
>
>On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 12:30 AM, Andrew Stout wrote:
>
>>I'd start with the brute force method: tell Toast or whatever
>>you're burning with that you want to burn an iso image, and just
>>throw that 641.3 Mb text file on. Cheap as CDs are, if you get a
>>coaster you're out less than a buck, and if it works (as it did for
>>me, from a "broken" Anarchie download), you've saved yourself a
>>bunch of time.
>>
>>--Andrew "trying to be helpful even though he knows very little" Stout
>>
>>>I installed LinuxPPC on a Starmax 3000/180, but was having
>>>problems. It was suggested on the LinuxPPC list that I use
>>>Yellowdog, since LinuxPPC seems to be defunct. Well, I downloaded
>>>the fuji-2.1-20011105-install.iso image. It seemed to download OK,
>>>but it is showing up as a 641.3 meg text file. How can I turn it
>>>into a burnable image? I have no problem using Resedit to change
>>>the type and creator codes, but even if that's all it needs, I
>>>have no idea what they should be.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Bert
>>>
>>>--
>>>Have you ever noticed that the more time you have, the less you do with
>>>it?
>>
>>
>
>--
>If Utopia is having all your needs provided so that you have no
>concerns, no worries, no needs, then a blade of grass lives in a utopia.
>I don't want to be a blade of grass.
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