On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Michael French wrote:
> Trying to install Mandrake 8.0 ppc on one of the new 867MHz G4's
> and running into probs. The cd boots alright when I hold down the "C"
> key, but I cannot seem to find a video setting that will work, damn
> Nvidia to hell. I finally broke down and went with the text only
> install only to hit a wall again. I get to the part where it asks me to
> choose a hard drive, and I choose the 2nd harddrive, an emtpy 30GB
> western digital (the MAC OS is still installed on the the first drive
> without any changes). After I choose the drive, it gives me an error of
> "Uh Oh, no root partion", and then locks up. What gives?! Any
> suggestions on the video would be welcomed to (excepting getting a new
> card, my boss would never agree to ante up for that). Thanks for the
> help.
>
I think Nvidia is being worked on for PPC, but nothing yet that I know of.
On the hard drive, try initializing it in MacOS first, so it has a valid
Mac partition table, whether you want to leave part of it HFS or not is up
to you, but leave free space for the installer to do it's thing.
Stew Benedict
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