I've gotten over hurdle mentioned in my last (almost ingnored) help request by
copying the install data files to a ZIP disk. This, incidentally, is the kind
of thing that needs to be on the powermac install page in big red text with a
lot of <blink> tags: RESCUE DISK CANNOT READ HFS+! Also, is anyone planning on
updating the file links anytime soon? Once I finally figured out how to point
the installer to rescue.bin, it told me I was missing drivers.tgz. I'm
currently downloading that file (from a link I had to ask someone for because
all the posted ones were dead), but I'm probably going to have to come back for
more. Is the lack of documentation a result of an expectation that everyone has
LAN hookups and can d/l all the files directly from the installer? If so, wake
up and smell the coffee. Even comp. eng. students like me use modems in the
summer! Oh, and the install process needs better error recovery. Do you know
how annoying it is to try several different directories !
and have to do the entire kernel install process everytime, picking the volume
and everything? When it fails to find a file, it should display an error
message and return to the exact same dialog it was at when you hit OK, *not*
return the main install menu. One more thing, I get some error about cylinders
or tracks when accessing my IDE ZIP too, sounds like what someone else
described with a floppy. It continues fine, but you might want to pass that on
to whoever wrote the zip drive for the installer. </rant>
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