I'm not sure if mkofboot will convert the Prep boot partition, but its worth a shot...
or boot the installer, delete the prep boot partition with anaconda, and re-create then create a mac boot partition since they're fairly close to the same size. :) Cheers, Owen On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 16:56 +0000, Enda Cronnolly wrote: > Thanks Joseph, > > > > The partition "type" for the boot slice is most likely the problem. You > > may be able to edit the partition map and change the labels. Otherwise, > > you will need to reformat the drive from within YDL. > > Booted from the install CD, and from a virtual console attempted to create > the partitions with pdisk Pdisk is getting the size of the disk all wrong, > and even at that, if you initialise the partition map and try to write it to > disk, I get... > pdisk: Unable to write block 1 > pdisk: Unable to write blcok 2 > > so I think I'll just try again later with another disk, or maybe even the > original MacOS disk that is here somewhere. > > > First try the following: > > > > Hold down the option key while cold-booting the MAC. You should > > be presented with the option of selecting the boot device. If a > > boot disk icon has a penguin on it, select it and continue. > > Had tried that earlier but no joy.... > > > Thanks again.. > > -Enda. > > > > -Joseph > > > > =============================================================================== > > On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 14:39 +0000, Enda Cronnolly wrote: > > [snip] > >> OK..... the pdisk pointer seems to point to an issue, could this be that > >> the > >> disk was setup without the use of pdisk, and only setup using diskdruid > >> from > >> the YDL installer, and the partition table, while linux compatible, can't > >> be > >> handled by Open Firmware? > >> > >> If so... then is my solution to repartition the disk with pdisk and > >> install > >> again? Is my current partition layout ok for that? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -Enda. > >> > > > > -- > > joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > yellowdog-general mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > > > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > !DSPAM:43664bf397251557130560! -- Owen Stampflee Lead Software Engineer, Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. www.terrasoftsolutions.com www.yellowdoglinux.com Email: ostampflee at terrasoftsolutions dot com Phone: 250.483.4710 (canada) 720.249.2559 (usa) 250.888.5096 (mobile) 970.278.9243 (tss) _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
