Jon Sorry for the delay! I haven't yet upgraded to YDL 3 as I still use 2.1. It sounds strange since the DVD drive is reading the very CD you are trying to install from.
Can't remember whether I've used the graphical or text installer when I loaded YDL. I won't have my machine to try this on for the next few days, since I wanted to go through an installation of YDL 2.1 on my G4 to see what happens (mine has a Sony 140 CDRW). The only thing I can suggest is Terra Soft's support page for Yellow Dog Linux: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support Also, you may get som hints from this user's honest appraisal of YDL 3.0 including some problems, loading onto a G4 450 cube: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4884 Best Regards Pete "To mess up a Mac OS X box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it." -----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jon salenger Sent: Saturday, 26 June 2004 7:53 AM To: G-List Subject: YDL install didn't recognize superdrive for installation but disrecognize the ISO in the drive. Huh? Hi all, Thanks for all the advice on flavors. For the time being, I've decided to try Yellow Dog to get my feet wet. I may play around with a few others later, but considering the number of people on the list who use YDL, I figure I'm better off using it for now. Anyway, after taking out some pesky 3rd party cards and troubleshooting toast for the ISO burning, I actually got the YDL installers burned and was able to restart with the TDL 3.0.1 (1) CD. Once I got the boot CD to load properly, the beginning was cake: Hardware checked ok. I chose the graphical install. etc. Then I got to the point it was ready to install and was asked what means I was using for the installation (CD,TCP/IP,FTP,&c). I chose local CD. I got an error message saying that the local CD could not be found. But isn't it going to be the same CD that I'm reading from to set up the installation? Anyone have any ideas on what the problem might be/how to fix it? Also. Once I had begun the installation process, I was unable to quit out and restart from the installer program (I just kept going back and forth through the prompts looking for a way out). Couldn't proceed (no CD recognition), couldn't get out. I ended up manually rebooting. Did I miss another way, or was that my only option? (I'm using an 867 mHz G4 [quicksilver]. The drive in question is the Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103.) Thanks, Jon -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
