On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 12:07:47AM -0800, David Kimdon wrote: > Package: boot-floppies > Version: 3.0.19 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I'm installing on a powerpc G3 (Pismo, PowerBook). While partitioning > with mac-fdisk I got all the way down to writing the partition table and > then the system hung. That last thing I did before it hung is answer > 'yes' to "Are you sure you want to do this?". Then it said something > like 'Successfully wrote partition table'. No response (I don't know > how to find the virtual consoles, alt, option etc. combinations didn't > yield anything.) for a few minutes. I power cycled and the partition > table had written fine so I continued with the install. > > -David
This has been reported several times during the last year. But no one with a failing machine has ever been willing/able to track it down. It's never failed this way for me, but I recall 3 or 4 other reports. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
