Reformat the ultra0 disk with Mac OS X ensuring it uses an Apple partition table and then reinstall YDL6.
The disk probably had a MSDOS partition table on it, and instead of reinitializing the disk, it simply added partitions. Kevin Diggs wrote: > Hi, > > I have a dual 2.5 GHz G5. It has 2 SATA disks in it. MacOS X is > installed on "the lower" disk (slave or second). YDL is installed on the > upper disk. I can boot MacOS X on the lower disk with: > > boot ultra1:3,\\:tbxi > > If I try to boot Linux (yaboot?) with: > > boot ultra0:1,\\:tbxi > > I get: > > warning: sector size mismatch! can't OPEN: ultra0:1,\\:tbxi > can't open device or file > > The OF version is: > > Apple PowerMac7,3 5.1.8f7 10/26/04 > > devalias ultra0 is /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > devalias ultra1 is /ht/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/k2-sata-root/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The installer appears to have created an MSDOS style partition table? Is > that right? I used install_text for the install. I have YDL 4.0.1 on a > GigE that I can boot with: > > boot ultra1:2,\\:tbxi > > with no problems. It brings up yaboot just fine. > > Linux partition is: > > df: > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev 249104 0 249104 0% /dev > /tmp/cdrom 3890460 3890460 0 100% /mnt/source > /tmp/loop0 84160 84160 0 100% /mnt/runtime > /dev/sda12 505604 200688 278812 42% /mnt/sysimage > /dev/sda2 77771 16022 57733 22% /mnt/sysimage/boot > /dev/sda11 505604 55019 424481 12% /mnt/sysimage/var > /dev/sda8 2030736 3072 1922844 1% /mnt/sysimage/opt > /dev/sda7 4061540 2929392 922504 77% /mnt/sysimage/usr > /dev/sda10 505604 2329 477171 1% > /mnt/sysimage/usr/X11R6 > /dev/sda3 8123200 18476 7685428 1% > /mnt/sysimage/usr/src > /dev/sda6 8123168 149628 7554248 2% /mnt/sysimage/files > /dev/sda5 8123168 149628 7554248 2% /mnt/sysimage/home > /dev 249104 0 249104 0% /mnt/sysimage/dev > > fstab: > > LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/var /var ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/opt /opt ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/usr /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6 ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/files /files ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=/usr/src /usr/src ext2 defaults 1 2 > LABEL=SWAP-sda9 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > parted /dev/sda print: > > Model: ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-0 (scsi) > Disk /dev/sda: 500GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: msdos > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 32.3kB 8225kB 8193kB primary hfs boot > 2 8225kB 90.5MB 82.3MB primary ext2 > 3 90.5MB 8678MB 8587MB primary ext2 > 4 8678MB 500GB 491GB extended > 5 8678MB 17.3GB 8587MB logical ext3 > 6 17.3GB 25.9GB 8587MB logical ext3 > 7 25.9GB 30.1GB 4294MB logical ext2 > 8 30.1GB 32.3GB 2147MB logical ext2 > 9 32.3GB 33.4GB 1077MB logical linux-swap > 10 33.4GB 33.9GB 535MB logical ext2 > 11 33.9GB 34.4GB 535MB logical ext2 > 12 34.4GB 35.0GB 535MB logical ext2 > > Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. > > kevin > _______________________________________________ > 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'
