Thanks for the reminder Derrick, I had not checked the md5 and after doing so at your suggestion, lo and behold! The sums do not match. Back to download again. -- Steven Didier
> From: Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Discussion List for General Yellow Dog Linux User Topics > <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:45:04 -0500 > To: YDL Gen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] YD4.1 install hang up > > Hi Steve: > > Your difficulty puzzles me as I've been able to use the iso's fine on > my external fw drive or anywhere else I choose to plant YDL 4.1. > > Questions: > Before you burned the iso's did you check the md5 of each iso you > downloaded? > Which md5 test did you use Apple's (which is embedded within Disk > Utility and useless for our purposes) or did you use md5 which is > available within Darwin via the Terminal? > > Suggestion: Use the version of md5 available within Darwin via the > Terminal. > Of course, I'm sure that you'll check whatever md5 reports against what > TSS says the md5 should be for each iso, and after each iso exactly > matches then you burn the iso onto the CDs. I merely mention this in > passing as the most obvious difficulty is downloading all the data in > every iso TSS intended that you, I and everyone else, receive. It is > rather easy to overlook as we have come to expect that every thing just > function. This might not be the cause of your problem. However, > unless it is eliminated as a contributing factor moving towards > considering other possibilities could be like repairing other aspects > of one's living room only to highlight the hump underneath one's carpet > in the center. > > > > On Mar 13, 2006, at 2:39 AM, Steven Didier wrote: > >> I¹ve anxiously awaited the release of the promised easy install to an >> external firewire drive. Downloaded the four iso¹s and what do you >> know, the installer will not recognize my firewire drive. I¹ve >> formatted the drive with the OSX installation disk utility as free >> space, no go! >> I¹m not a total newbie but at this point I¹m at a loss as to what to >> do next. Does anyone have a suggestion? >> Thanks >> -- >> Steven Didier >> >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
