Thanks, Pete, Since I wrote my initial question, I found out that there is a possibility that something was wrong with my ISO, since I apparently neither DLed or burned it in the ideal way.
Minutes before writing this, however, I just finished burning and verifying correctly an ISO disk image for YDL 3.0.1 whose md5sum checked out. I'll be posting later to update what happens when I boot from this new CD. (As soon as Fetch finishes the download it's working on. My best, Jon on 6/29/04 8:18 PM, Moulton, Pete at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
