Could it be that the install DVD you are complaining about is not a standard DVD but a HD-DVD or Blu-ray DVD? IF so, then only the PS3 DVD system can read it!
Jon "NeoAmsterdam" Levy wrote: > Hello! I bought a print of YDL 5 as soon as it became available from > the store and it arrived a few hours ago. When I opened up the DVD > case and took out the Install DVD, I noticed that the underside of > the medium was DVD-dye-blue. It looked as if it had been burnt by > someone at home, and not the usual silver underside as if it had been > pressed at a printing facility. > > I didn't pay it much attention at the time - I was overcome with > enthusiasm as I held down the "C" key at startup. But the install > DVD didn't boot. In fact, when my PowerBook (15" G4 867MHz) finished > its startup routine(s), I didn't even see the YDL 5 DVD on the Desktop. > > I figured that the Mac OS didn't recognize the filesystem (which > would have explained why it didn't show up) and that it was possible > that I didn't press "C" soon enough. So, I restarted and tried again > but only to result in the same. I tried holding down the Option key > to see if my Mac was even recognizing that the DVD was in the drive, > but it did not show up in the list of discovered devices. I was even > bold/crazy enough to drop into OpenFirmware and try `cd:,\\tbxi` - > Same result. > > I figured that maybe my internal combo drive was out of whack (it's > seen better days), and I'd try using an external DVD drive connected > on the FireWire port. Maybe the PowerBook didn't like booting up > from an external device, but whatever the reason, that didn't work > either. So I decided to try to boot my G5 Quad from the YDL 5 DVD > and install to the PowerBook while in target-disk mode. Again, the > Quad dropped into Mac OS X and the DVD was nowhere on the Desktop. > Finally, hoping that my intuition was wrong, I tried to boot the Quad > from the DVD without any external devices present. > > If that had worked, I wouldn't be writing this email. > > I suspect that I have a bad print of the YDL 5 Install DVD (The > sources' DVD mounts properly, though). I used `pdisk` on OS X to > determine the location of the Install DVD, and came across the > following: > > Top level command (? for help): L > pdisk: can't open file '/dev/rdisk1' (Permission denied) > pdisk: can't open file '/dev/rdisk0' (Permission denied) > > Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/rdisk2' > #: type name length base ( size ) > 1: Apple_partition_map Apple 2 @ 1 > 2: Apple_HFS PBOOT 7609424 @ 16 ( 3.6G) > > Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=7609440 (3.6G) > DeviceType=0x1, DeviceId=0x1 > > With the disk number and slice number of YDL's installation > partition, I ran `md5 /dev/disk2s2` to verify the checksum. It > returned an `input/output error`. Even if it had worked, I cannot > locate YDL 5's ISO MD5 for Apple Macintosh (the Sony Playstation MD5 > was easily found at the Argonne National Labs's Yellow Dog mirror). > > My intuition tells me that I probably have a bad media. I hope not > because bought the DVD from the YDL store *specifically* because I > wanted to avoid having bad burns (I also wanted to go around the > office with that nice, big, "I'm on the cutting-edge and you have to > wait another two weeks to download the ISO from the mirrors you bunch > of freeloaders" smirk). So, I have a few questions... > > (1) What is the MD5 correct for the "PBOOT" partition? > > (2) Could the short length of the Apple partition map affect booting > from the DVD? > > (3) Are the YDL 5 prints' undersides supposed to be blue? > > (4) Is it possible to launch the YDL 5 installer from within YDL 4? > (Note: I know the answer will most likely be that I have to boot with > YDL 5 to install it, but I'm asking anyway) > > (5) Did I just waste $49.95 (plus shipping) on a coaster? (Note: If > so, it'll be used to "coast" my YDL coffee mug) And... > > (6) How can I be absolutely sure that the media is bad, and what can > I do about getting a replacement?, and... > > Thanks in advance for any enlightenment that you can shed on this > situation. > - NeoAmsterdam > _______________________________________________ > 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'
