Oooppss...there is a 49.95 version for Apple :) Ignore my deductive reasoning :)
Joshua A. Richardson (703) 272-1761 -- Office (540) 383-9093 - Cell -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon "NeoAmsterdam" Levy Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ydl-gen] [YDL5] Install DVD won't boot (bad media?) and relatedquestions 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'
