RE: error - need bootstrap partition to boot system
I had (I think) a very similar problem with an iMac 333. The only easy solution I found was to boot off the MacOS CD, run the disk setup app and create a very small partition for MacOS. I never actually loaded MacOS again, just created the partition. Then, when I booted the Mandrake PPC CD again, I did not get the 1MB boostrap error any more. Curtis > -Original Message- > From: Barry Hertzberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: error - need bootstrap partition to boot system > > > Help me please. > > I have a Rev A iMac (the first model). I don't want the MAC OS on > this one and I started by booting off my OS 9 CD and formatting the > drive. Then I booted the Mandrake 8.2 CD and I more or less kept > hitting return until I saw the set up routine for yaboot. I think > that it auto detected my video. (I hope so anyway.) > > What is becoming a problem is when I get to the Setup File System > part of the install. I get a message that states, "An error occurred. > Need bootstrap partition to boot system." I okay that and I tried to > fix it by reallocating space. This was futile. So was the wizard. > Eventually I got a message that: > No free space for 1MB bootstrap! Install will continue, but to boot > your system you'll need to create a bootstrap partition in DiskDrake. > (I okayed this but it did not go on.) > > I tried to clear the partition and reallocate again and I want /usr > directory too. It keeps defaulting me back to the bootstrap error > message. > > I did try the web site and I read the docs. I'm more confused then i > was a few days ago. I can't figure out how to add the bootstrap > partition and I'm not sure if I must have OS9 installed to make all > this work. I wanted a pure linux machine because I only have 4 gigs > to play with. Do I need OS9? I thought that a New world box did not > need it. Why is it asking for the boot strap? Do i need the frmware > update? I'm really confused! I also have no way to tell what video > card is in this machine now that i removed OS9. Will that be a > problem? > > Any help would be much appreciated. I'm not great on Linux. All I > have done so far is to put Mandrake on a PC and i run that off a GUI. > I'm not a genius setup and navigating the CLI yet. Go easy on me > please. > > Thanks. > -- > Barry M. Hertzberg, TTL > > Wm. Loesche School > Information Technology Lab > 595 Tomlinson Road > Philadelphia, PA 19116 > > (215) 961-2519 (voice) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~ > "Experience counts only if you learn from it." > "Expert advice works only if you listen to it." > >
RE: iMac boot problem
Quite nicely solved my problem. Thanks Ben (And Stew). I tried the second solution first, and that didn't solve it. As soon as I edited the XF86Config-4 file and restarted X, everything was fine. I love the easy fixes! Thanks again, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Ben McGruer [mailto:ben@;mcgruer.net] + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:53 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: Re: iMac boot problem + + + I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from + unique, I fixed it + by following the info on this page: + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&m=10336916 + 4309193&w=2 + + Hope that helps, + Ben + + > Update: + > + > The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM + in this iMac + > was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on + that iMac and + > selected another one with the same specs (we have them + coming out our + > ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do + something I + > didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off + a MacOS CD. + > Maybe that was my problem... + > + > So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. + After all was + > installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an + unprivileged user + > and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, + and I went + > through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: + While in KDE, + > the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I + > cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would + be greatly + > appreciated. + > + > Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in + Mandrake as + > long as X isn't running. + > + > I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation + on my desk, + > and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of + > options. + > + > + > Thanks, + > Curtis + > + > + > + -Original Message- + > + From: Curtis Kline + > + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + > + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + > + Subject: iMac boot problem + > + + > + + > + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I + did a netboot + > + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install + process seemed + > + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + > + Mandrake, I did so. + > + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot + > + comes up, + > + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + > + + > + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" + > + + > + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + > + + > + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" + > + + > + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + > + + > + + > + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + > + appreciated. + > + + > + + > + Thanks, + > + Curtis + > + + > + + > + __ + > + Curtis Kline + > + Residential Network Coordinator + > + University of California Santa Barbara + > + 805.893.4016 Voice + > + 805.893.4766 FAX + > + + > + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + > + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + > + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + > + + > + + > + + > + > + + +
RE: iMac boot problem
Update: The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. Maybe that was my problem... So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as long as X isn't running. I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of options. Thanks, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Curtis Kline + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: iMac boot problem + + + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + Mandrake, I did so. + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot + comes up, + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" + + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" + + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + + + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + appreciated. + + + Thanks, + Curtis + + + __ + Curtis Kline + Residential Network Coordinator + University of California Santa Barbara + 805.893.4016 Voice + 805.893.4766 FAX + + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + + +
iMac boot problem
I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start Mandrake, I did so. I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot comes up, and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely appreciated. Thanks, Curtis ______ Curtis Kline Residential Network Coordinator University of California Santa Barbara 805.893.4016 Voice 805.893.4766 FAX GnuPG Key Fingerprint 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt
