What machine model are you on again? You are trying to boot off CD and not using BootX?
Cian On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:30:58 -0500, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > huh.. I decided it was time to re-partition my disks in order to get > ready for 4.0.1 and leave some room for the possibility to install some > other distros in parallel.. I always used burned ISOs for 4.0 > installations but now, since I have bought the full boxset, I tried with > the official CDs but they just wont work. It mount loop0 > /mnt/source/YellowDog/something.img fd is 16 then umount it right after > and complain there is no CD in the drive. No FTP/HTTP/CDROM install > possible. NFS is out-of-sight. I've hit this dialog a few times with the > ISOs but a simple hit on the 'OK' button usually make it goes. The > 'real' CDs never worked... even after 50+ 'OK' hit. > > Im both crying and laughing. I recall YD3 is used to be rock solid and > speedy, you know.. In the install i am currently on, YDL3, well.. thats > SAD to say but its NOT what its used to be. Its all crap for my eyes. I > fear to print my real thoughts in here but I have regrets about how I've > spend my money... There is a trick. There must be one. Out of nothing, > yum say 'Not using FTP or HTTP for servers - aborting. The localhost > name vanished and substituted for something real weird like > 12J1F2512G45FH4JG5FJ4H5F1 (keyboard vomit) What shall I be thinking of > this? Something is different every time I re-install. I missed YD3 speed > but as it is right now, on a bare Personal Desktop install...haaaaa..a > full fledge YD4 look like a speed demon. Its never been that weird. > There is no focus. No consistency. Its in a loop, a subtle prison. How > is that so? Why do I have such thoughts?!? What about something that > actually work, CONSISTANTLY? ..because 'its free'?!? Then, thats sick. > How is that possible unless someone make this happen? > What do f**k am I doing here anyway?!? > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > -- --------------------------- "We're busy running out of time" Bernard Sumner, 1993 _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
