Nikos Mouat (nikm@cyberflunk.com)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 12:46:05 -0800 (PST)
Hi,
The installer on hellfire locks up whenever I tried to use it and I've
heard from a fair number of other people that experienced the same thing.
I suspect you're seeing default catche messages? Try using the installer
from linuxppc.org... I've heard that someone had some success on an ANS700
with the g3installer when the normal one would not work. I tried burning
an iso9660 CD but it never worked for me so maybe a mac format one would
have better luck.
You really need to do a magic dance in order to get the installer to work
properly.. the best instructions that I've seen so far (Aaron deMello
<aaron@demonsys.com> said he's putting together complete instructions this
weekend I think) are (I had to leave the battery out for several hours
for it to work for me):
>From terrac@sharon.net Fri Dec 4 12:43:27 1998
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:14:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: TeRrAc <terrac@sharon.net>
To: Linuxppc ANS support <linuxppc-ans-support@hellfire.dusers.drexel.edu>
Subject: I did it.. heres the solution folx.
Resent-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:14:23 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: linuxppc-ans-support@hellfire.dusers.drexel.edu
Steps to a brighter ANS future.. 1 catch tho it hangs patrway through the
install.
1) unplug the damn thing.
2) depending if you have anything on your hard disk switch it with the
tape drive if it does (so it don't boot from it)
3) take the battery out and press the little red button
4) leave the battery out for 10-20 minutes
5) when putting the battery back in hold down the red button
6) put the _NEW_ installer.coff from the dusers site if you want to try
internal drive.. the old installer pre-ans if you want external drive.
7) turn it on... make sure the key is in the service position
8) make sure no data cd's are in the drive
9) type boot fd:installer.coff
10) try the installation.
NOTE!!! if it fails start all over.. the pram has SOMETHING written to it
to make successive floppy boots impossable.
Hope this helps
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---> I started the process by using OF to boot from the installer.coff that is > at hellfire.dusers.drexel.edu/pub/linux. It is supposed to boot a 500 or > 700. I have 3 700/200s. > > The ANS seems to boot from installer.coff, but just drops me back to the OF > command-line instead of starting the installation process. I have Linux on > an HFS formatted external drive (ID=1). > > According to hellfire the installer.coff and vmlinux on their site will > recognize the ANS internal scsi bus and ethernet port, so I 'm not sure > what I am doing wrong. Are these the files I should be using? > > If I were to burn the RedHat directory onto a CD, do I need to it as a Mac > standard volume or ISO9600? >
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