On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:27:12PM -0800, Gordon Paynter wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2001 21:27, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > I tried to install linux on my new ibook. But I got an error message: > > ' > > Welcome to yaboot version 0.9 > > Wrong partition 1 signature > > [etc etc etc] > > I've just been through all this with a brand new iBook. It took me > days to sort this stuff out because I wasn't taking the right advice. > In the end, I did a hard disk/network install. > > For what it's worth, here's what I advise: > > > First, don't use 2.2. Get 2.4 (woody) from
Just to clarify, 2.4 != woody. woody does and will still have the same 2.2 kernel when released. woody will be Debian 3.0. > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/ > < 8>< ----- snip I agree with all your advice. > Important note: it is said that kernel bugs will plague you if you > go to more than 15 partitions. By the time you have 8 MacOS > internal, 2 MacOSes, 1 bootstrap, and 1 swap, that leaves you space > for at most three of your own, so don't try to be too fancy. (I > made a 6GB /, and a 12GB /home). > No, on IDE disks there is no 15 partition limit. That is old info meant for ancient kernels and SCSI disks. -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `- | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
