On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 14:49, BCSoft@TowerTraining wrote: > I just tried installing the PPC version of ML 8.2 on my early iMac. Aside > from the video driver problem which I think can be fixed after install I am > getting a partitioning error. The dialog box complains that 1 meg is not > available for a boot partition (or something like that) and says > installation will continue. I am then returned to the partitioning dialog > box and the cycle begins again. > I have formatted the drive as MacOS 8.0 and booted to the ML 8.2 install cd. > Any help is appreciated. > tia > R
With the iMac installation, you will need to have a minimal install of an AppleOS (8.0 should work fine), followed by a 1MB partition to hold the bootloader, followed by the free space to add mandrake linux for ppc. As long as you have the 1 MB partion and free space, you can allow setup to decode the partitions for you, or you can use expert mode and do it manually. For a system that meets YOUR needs, the manual install is probably a little better. As to the video driver: you need to know what kind of graphics card is in your machine. Many of the older iMacs used nVidia...(although Apple is good at switching whenever it feels like it).... presuming you have an nVidia card, at the main boot: prompt, type 'video=riva' (without the quotes) and then click the Return key. The setup provides a help menu (read the messages as the load begins...it tells you what key(s) to click to get the menu)...and then you can choose the correct addition for your video card at the boot: prompt.You will find that having the correct driver from the beginning makes the rest of the install much easier to read and work with. Once you have set the params for the video card and made sure you have the 1MB partition for the bootloader, the install should go very smoothly. If you have an external Zip drive for storage (and/or othr USB bus devices), then you need to make sure it's (they're) attached and powered so the install can find it (them) and set it (them) up. HTH -- Erik Linux User 288105 ================= Bill who? Micro what?
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