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Help: Probing for bootstrap.conf, get syntax error |
Having a problem. I setup my partitions and boot up MKlinux as it probes for the bootstrap.conf file it tells me that the file has a syntax error in line 1. I downloaded another copy from the apple server, but no luck. Has anybody had the same problem or an answer? Thanks.
cblev@gulfsurf.infi.net |
I'm having the same problems here. I've tried everything. Even moved the mach_servers folder to another hfs disk and changed the settings in the lilo.conf file. I hope somebody has the answer. I'm trying to install from a second internal scsi-disc prepared with pdisk into an hfs and a A/ux partition. I have the install-files at the root level of the second disc. But still the installer can't find the mach_servers.
I'm using powermac 7500 with 604/132 and 64 MB memory, 1 x 500 MB & 1 x 1 GB. I hope somebidy can help me out here.
senzor@xs4all.nl |
I'm having the same problems here. I've triede everything. Even moved the mach_servers folder to another hfs disk and changed the settings in the lilo.conf file. I hope somebody has th answer. I'm trying to install from a second internal scsi-disc prepared with pdisk into an hfs and a A/ux partition. I have the install-files at the root level of the second disc. But still the installer can's find the mach_servers.
I'm using powermac 7500 with 604/132 and 64 MB memory, 1 x 500 MB & 1 x 1 GB. I hope somebidy can help me out here.
senzor@xs4all.nl |
I'm getting the same syntax error too. I'm running a 9600/300 with a 4gig internal in 3 partitions. I'm trying to install onto an external scsi, but I can't get past the very first step. The mach_servers folder is at the root of my first partition (which is actually partition 5 when viewed under pdisk), and I set in the lilo.conf rootdev=/dev/sda5 with no luck. I'm running OS 8.6 and my internal partitions are all standard HFS. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
hubbach@cs.montana.edu |
This problem was rectified by downloading a full bootstrap.conf and not using the one that was compressed. Now if only I can keep my scsi bus from resetting when it's loading binutils-2.9.1-1a...
hubbach@cs.montana.edu |
At least I'm not the only one with this problem? I'm running a beige G3/300. The mach_server directory is sitting in its own HFS partition on a SCSI, referred to in lilo.conf with /dev/sda5 (as given using pdisk) and still I get the same "Syntax Error" message during boot-up. What's going on? I tried downloading a 'non-compressed' version of bootstrap.conf from ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com/pub/DR3/mach_servers/ but it's only a 1K text file (or so it seems) and it was the same as the one I've got anyway. Am I making a stupid mistake here or what? Can any wizard tell me?
danzvash@yahoo.com |
The problem is that you downloaded it as a text file. This means that your FTP client goes through the file and replaces all of the Unix-style carriage returns with MacOS carriage returns. Linux doesn't recognize the MacOS carriage returns, hence a syntax error. You need to download everything as binary files.
One way to salvage an improperly downloaded file is to open it up in BBEdit Lite 4.6. On the upper-left pane of the document window, there is a row of icons. One of them is a page. Open up its menu, and select Unix. Now save the file and it will work fine.
I don't know if there's a way to automate this fix if you happened to download the entire RPMS directory as text (420 files). I made this mistake and the best solution I came up with was to re-download it all as binary.
bjwatson9@earthlink.net |
I forgot to mention before (2 parts above) that to begin with I didn't download any files except the ReadMe's - I'm actually using an installer on a free CD from a Macworld magazine, so in theory all the files should be in the correct format. (Obviously I made a mistake in downloading off the ftp site - after I read the part above I looked in the mach_server directory and bootstrap.conf did indeed open as a two-line SimpleText document - I've trashed that now and re-copied from the CD) I created a mini 4mb partition on my SCSI to hold the mach_server directory after I got the "bootstrap cannot find config file" message on an earlier installation attempt, but now the "Syntax error in line 1" of the config file is the stickler. Should I just abandon all hope and buy a CD off LinuxPPC or YellowDog? I really want to get Linux on my box!
danzvash@yahoo.com |
Yeah. Same prob with me. CD from MacWorld.
I tried some mucking around this line1 error but with no luck.
Still hoping.
alanjelaska@yahoo.com |
its the same at my box... the bootstrap cannot find its configuration file... i tried to boot from an other scsi drive, from internal ide, floppy nothing worked
lwlbsd@users.sourceforge.net |
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