On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Ernst Persson wrote:
> Hi (again) everyone! > > The Mandrake 8.2 beta 1 installer still can't find any partions on my disk! > I've reordered the partions like someone suggested but it doesn't help... > > I tried the Yellow Dog Linux installer recently and it complained about the > fest partion being 0 length... Could it be the same thing that takes the > Mandrake-installer down too? > > And any tips on how I could get rid of that partion? (Without reformatting > the entire disk...) > > //ernie > > /dev/rdisk0 map block size=512 > #: type name length base ( size ) > 1: Apple_Free Extra 0 @ 0 > 2: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 > 3: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 54 @ 64 > 4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 74 @ 118 > 5: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 192 > 6: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 392 > 7: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 904 > 8: Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 1416 > 9: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 262144 @ 3016 (128.0M) > 10: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 / 3317420 @ 265160 ( 1.6G) > 11: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 /home 3317420 @ 3582580 ( 1.6G) > 12: Apple_HFS Install 100000 @ 6900000 ( 48.8M) > 13: Apple_HFS MacOS 1193416 @ 7000000 (582.7M) > 14: Apple_HFS OSX 8192000 @ 8193416 ( 3.9G) > 15: Apple_HFS Namnl?s 3 32016384 @ 16385416 ( 15.3G) > 16: Apple_HFS Namnl?s 4 32016384 @ 48401800 ( 15.3G) > 17: Apple_Free Extra 56 @ 80418184 > > Didn't even notice that first partition the last time you posted. That is probably causing a problem, as the partition map is normally on partition 1. I'm not sure how to get rid of it, if pdisk or parted won't do it. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
