On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:04:35PM +0200, Carlo Cosolo wrote: > First of all be patient and thnk in advance :) > > I'm still trying to install a Debian Potato 2.2 on a 5500/275/64 with a > PPC603ev and eventually I succeed ;) Nevertheless I'm having some troubles > with the step of partitioning, 'cause I'm asked numbers of length/base and > I'm not exactly a technician :) > > I've found a tutorial on the Debian manual for PPC with this pattern > > > Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/ide0.0' (/dev/hda) > #: type name length base ( size ) > 1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 > 2: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 54 @ 64 > 3: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 74 @ 118 > 4: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 192 > 5: Apple_HFS iMacHD 9510006 @ 704 ( 4.5G) > 6: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Linux 3145728 @ 9510710 ( 1.5G) > 7: Apple_Free Extra 10 @ 12656438 > > Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=12656447 (6.0G) > DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 > Drivers- > 1: @ 64 for 20, type=0x701 > 2: @ 118 for 33, type=0xf8ff > > Okay so far, but what about the swap/boot/linux partitions? > > Where can I find a tutorial step by step for cfdisk to correctly partioning > my hd? I have 3GB free.
Don't use cfdisk, use mac-fdisk instead. There's a very nice mac-fdisk tutorial, referenced in the very fine installation manual at the link in my sig, which you really should read, The tutorial is at penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml -- *------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]
