On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Eric Wickstrom wrote:
> Stew, > > Alright...I'll tell you exactly what I did > > I have one HD. I booted from an OS9 install CD. I ran drive setup. > Initialized my HD with 2 partitions one MacOS Extended for my Mac Boot and > one unformatted for linux. I boot from the installer cd. I run the text > installer. I complete the text installer and it tells me to type in setenv > boot-device hd:10,\\:tbxi and that is what I typed into openfirmware. But > the machine still boots into macos by default doesn't go to yaboot. When I > open drive setup again it tells me that there are 4 partitions and > "partitions that are not recognized" I have a feeling that might be the > problem. Is there anything you could suggest doing... > Not recognized by MacOS is a Good Thing(TM), otherwise it would probably trash your Linux stuff. You need to use the MacOS version of pdisk (see the file in "doc" on the CD for the URL), to see how the partition table looks to yaboot/Linux. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft OH/TN, USA http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
