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On 4/30/02 8:27 AM, "Ben Sayer" <bsayer@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> I picked up a bit of the answer from a SuSE readme file. It specifies |
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>> that if one gets a crc error during the boot, one should restart MacOS |
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>> without extensions (hold down the shift key) and then repeat the BootX |
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>> procedure. This does indeed work for me in that I get to a very different |
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>> part of the installation process (keymap selection). |
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> I found that, in addition to the above, I needed to create symlinks for / |
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> usr/bin/cat, /usr/bin/cut, /usr/bin/clear, and /sbin/ifconfig to busybox |
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> in the initrd image then use the new image as a ramdisk. The emerge rsync |
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> is in progess now... |
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> P.S. I found that turning virtual memory off in MacOS was what was |
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> required to end the crc error--booting without extensions accomplished |
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> this (and more). |
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> --Ben |
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Hey it works! I booted up my mac w extensions off, and booted bootx and I |
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actually got the installer. My mac is running 9.1 so some older OS's might |
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run fine. I can now actually start playing with this thing. |
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Rob |
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