>On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 02:44:18PM +0200, Martin Breidung wrote: >> hda1: Apple_Partitiontable length 63 blocks >> hda2: Apple_Bootstrap length 1600 blocks >> hda3: swap length 524288 blocks (256MB)
>this must be type Apple_UNIX_SVR2 with name `swap' >> hda4: native ext2 length 3GB sorry, they ARE Apple_UNIX_SVR2 partitions, i didn't remember the correct name, so i wrote swap and native.. but they aren't recognized by install... >if you use the `c' not `C' command for creating the linux ext2/swap >partitions you wont have any problems with types being wrong. i did so except BootStrap partition... there i didn't know the according unix-term like swap or root... >> hda5: Apple_HFS rest of blocks >no point of this since MacOS will not be able to see it (no 3 dozen >driver cruft partitions) hmm.. so i need to install macos on a seperate hdd? - in example yaboot.conf the macos partition is on device hda12..?!? >> after returning to installation-program there are no swap or ext2 partition found to initialize nor after rebooting. under cfdisk there are no partitions found, >>partition-map is empty, but in mac-fdisk all created partitions are listed... but no initialisation under install... >macs must use apple partition tables which cfdisk does not understand, >you must use mac-fdisk. i've tried on 6,4gb ibm, but the partitions aren't recognized by install... so i take cfdisk... but if i understand you right there are no reasons that this didn't work with any ide disks, so i wipe out cfdisk partition and try anew... thanks, titus
