The flag you're referring to was under OS 9 with Drive Setup and assumes that the CPU will boot into Classic.
(As a side note, later versions of Drive Setup also had options for HFS+A/UX, HFS+MkLinux, HFS+UFS, and HFS+ProDOS partition schemes... lotsa fun) ______ ______ \_(_)_\ /_(_)_/ On 2008/Jun/12, at 21:59, Bill Fink wrote: > Hi Sterling, > > I believe you should be able to use Disk Utility under MacOS X to > remove the flag on the partition so it's not automatically mounted > at boot time (at least ISTR doing that at some time in the past). > > -Hope this helps > > -Bill > > > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Sterling Garwood wrote: > >> I'll give it a shot ... I do know that the current suseLinux >> correctly >> creates the Apple_UNIX_SVR2 format partitions (but it has a lot of >> other problems...:-) >> >> On Jun 12, 2008, at 9:52 AM, NeoAmsterdam wrote: >> >>> I had this problem with Mac OS 9, OS X.3.9, and a mis-partitioned >>> YDL >>> slice. Run ``sudo pdisk`` in a Terminal and have it list (``L``) >>> all >>> the partitions. If your YDL partition's type is listed as >>> ``Apple_UFS``, ``Apple_HFS``, or ``Apple_HFSX``, OS [9|X] will >>> try to >>> mount it automagically at startup. >>> >>> The "correct" type is ``Apple_UNIX_SVR2``. Note that changing >>> partition types after data has been written to the partition *may* >>> involve data destruction. >>> >>> HTH >>> ______ ______ >>> \_(_)_\ /_(_)_/ >>> >>> On 2008/Jun/11, at 11:46, Sterling Garwood wrote: >>> >>>> I run both Leopard and YDL 6 on a Powermac ... each is on its own >>>> disk. >>>> How do people keep the MacOSX system from complaining about the YDL >>>> disks and asking the 'reformat, eject, ignore' message every >>>> reboot? >>>> >>>> >>>> Stupid, n.: >>>> Losing $25 on the game and $25 on the instant replay. >>>> >>>> Sterling Garwood >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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'
