Re: FYI
Got the MacOS version - sweet. Now I just need to save my XF86Config file (not that I don't trust the Mandrake install - I just don't trust it :)). -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Apparently I have the most recent version - 0.8-1. Don't know what the deal is exactly. I'm looking for the MacOS version now :) -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [ root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
Apparently I have the most recent version - 0.8-1. Don't know what the deal is exactly. I'm looking for the MacOS version now :) -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > Stew, > > Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want > to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: > > 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder > 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 > 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 > > It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let > Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( > This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can. Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, just delete the partitions you don't want. Or do it MacOS with pdisk. I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\ Jeff
Re: FYI
I understand your desire not to repartiion. You may be able to get away with manually taking out the untitled partition and creating a bootstrap, root, swap, and /usr or /home and then proceed with the install. If I understand your setup correctly, MacOS is as the end of the drive, so I would not use the installer partitioning tool to do this but do it either from YDL, the rescue image or MacOS. If you need assistance in doing this - holler, either on the list or directly. I'm on ICQ 18063833 if you want to go at it interactively. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > Stew, > > Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want > to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: > > 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder > 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 > 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 > > It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let > Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( > This is what I'd like to avoid! > > -Brice
Re: FYI
Stew, Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! -Brice Stew Benedict wrote: >You can boot the 1st ISO from Open Firmware: > >boot cd:2,\\:tbxi > >or > >boot cd:2,\\yaboot > >The technique used in testboot4 will be applied in the next Beta. > >I know it seems a hassle to insist on that bootstrap, but if it's not >there, the whole thing falls apart - you'll have a nicely installed system >and no way to boot it. In the updates, I've replaced that halt with a >warning, but if the user proceeds and does not heed the warning and does >not create the bootstrap themselves, again you'll be stuck. (this applies >to "NewWorld" machines - "OldWorld" machines bypass the bootstrap setup - >you'll need to setup BootX on the MacOS side. > >All the installer really wants to see is some Apple_Free space at the end >of the drive to create the bootstrap. > >Stew Benedict > -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
You can boot the 1st ISO from Open Firmware: boot cd:2,\\:tbxi or boot cd:2,\\yaboot The technique used in testboot4 will be applied in the next Beta. I know it seems a hassle to insist on that bootstrap, but if it's not there, the whole thing falls apart - you'll have a nicely installed system and no way to boot it. In the updates, I've replaced that halt with a warning, but if the user proceeds and does not heed the warning and does not create the bootstrap themselves, again you'll be stuck. (this applies to "NewWorld" machines - "OldWorld" machines bypass the bootstrap setup - you'll need to setup BootX on the MacOS side. All the installer really wants to see is some Apple_Free space at the end of the drive to create the bootstrap. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > I went and grabbed the ISOs for Mandrake PPC and found that on my Summer > 2000 iMac DV (slot loading), the boot didn't work. I grabbed the > testboot4.iso and the boot worked there - but I wasn't able to complete > the install because DiskDrake seemed to be having a conniption fit that > I didn't have a 1MB bootstrap partition (at least that's what the > message says). I have YDL 1.2 installed currently, alongside MacOS9.1 -
