On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 06:11 PM, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Aaron Stechesen wrote: > >>> Can you: >>> >>> 1) boot the rescue CD >> Rescue cd? Do I enter rescue from the yaboot prompt after the cd loads >> or what. On the pc it is an option right from the time the cd >> boots/mounts (press F1 if I am not mistaken). >> > > I believe there is a "rescue" choice at the yaboot prompt. > >>> 2) tell me something about what >>> /sbin/pdisk -l /dev/hda >>> says >> I had it partitioned fine all three times that I laid out the hard >> drive. >> >> > > I'm not doubting your partition setup. just want to know what it is to > be able to help out with specific instructions. > >>> 3) If you know what partition you installed linux on, mount it on >>> /mnt/disk in the rescue mode and send: >>> the contents of yaboot.conf >>> ls -l /boot >>> >> Can't help you there right now because I removed Mandrake in place of >> Darwin. But I may be able to devote a few GB to mandrake after. Is >> there >> a way to avoid this continual problem at install? I may try >> reinstalling >> before i install Darwin. > > As I said. I have the same machine and have done many installs on it. > We > wouldn't have released the product if it couldn't set up the bootloader. > Obviously in your case there's something wrong, but since the system is > no > longer there I guess it's a moot point, > > Did you ever ask for help on this list when you had the problem? Embarassingly I couldn't quite figure this cooker thing out. I am not very familiar with it. To answer the partitioning from before. hda 6 was my mac partition and is was alloted 8GB (didn't have a choice with this one). It contains OS X.1 and 9.2 (don't like 9.2 but I needed it for my scanner). Then came the bootstrap partition, partition type of Apple_Bootstrap. Then, root partition size varied (ususally 3.4 GB) Partitioned as UNIXSRVR_2 (or however that goes), linux swap (250 GB), finally /home (7+GB) also typed UNIXSERVR_2. Install goes fine (usually) always installed clean. Bootloader always loads and works....except with Mandrake. > I > usually try to go the extra mile to help folks out. > > Stew Benedict > > -- > MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ > PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/ > >
