Yes!! Solved it. Here is the solution: 1: Boot from the Mandrake CD and get to DiskDrake 2: Delete the partition you want linux to be installed, leave it FREE 3: Let DiskDrake save the partitionmap, it will now come with 2 errors: No swap and no linux partition, ignore them, and press the RESET button on your computer (if you don't have one just plug out the power cable ;-). 4: Boot from the CD again. Now you won't get that "not enough free space for bootstrap error". Open diskdrake to make your partitions. You'll see it has added the bootloader automaticly now! Now just make your partitions (1 swap, 1 linux) and install. 5: after restart press "l" to start linux, and you WON'T see this error again:
Please wait, loading kernel... hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem boot: If you see it, you've probably not correctly followed the steps above and/or made a bootstrap yourself... -Leendert Anne wrote: > If you solve the problem, please post again telling us about it. If you > don't, ask again. Persistance pays :) > > Anne On 3/13/03 11:54 AM, "Leendert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at it (at 2 of the 3 links before), there were no answers for me, > but I have a new idea (thanks to one of the messages there): I never had a > part of free space before the installation, I always deleted the mac (or > later, the wrong linux) partitions with diskdrake, but it says that mandrake > makes the bootstrap partition automaticly before (!) diskdrake starts, but > that is not possible before I cleared some partitions before the > installation, so now I try to start the installation again :), thanks for > the help, I'll let you know if it worked! > On 3/13/03 12:33 AM, "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dont worry No one will flame you for not knowing things here. We are quite >> civilised. >> >> I do not have a Mac ( if I did I might never have discovered Linux ) but a >> quick search reveals that this problem has occurred before. These links may >> help you. >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg04102.html >> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 >> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&w=2&r=1&s=+Unknown+or+cor>> r >> upt+filesystem+&q=b >> >> You might also have luck in the PowerPC forum at Mandrake Club >> http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=vie>> w >> forum&forum=8 >> >> Good Luck >> >> derek >> On Wednesday 12 Mar 2003 11:01 pm, Leendert wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is the first time i use (well, at least tried to use) linux, so >>> please don't come with too complicated answers ;-). >>> >>> I own an Apple Macintosh G4/800 (768 megs of Ram, ATI Radeon graphics card) >>> and i just downloaded Mandrake Linux v 8.2. I copied one partition of 5 >>> gb to another, restarted, booted with the "c" key pressed to boot from CD, >>> and i typed "install-radeon". >>> All looked nice and worked fine until i let "diskdrake" automaticly >>> (thought that with "automaticly" nothing could go wrong) partition the >>> free 5 gb. Then it showed this error "No free space for 1MB bootstrap". I >>> thought "Ok, then I'll do it manually", so i made a 250 mb SWAP partition, >>> a linux partition and a bootpartition of 10 mb. Then the install started >>> and finished, but then it came with this error (connected to the bootstrap >>> error I think): >>> >>> Please wait, loading kernel... >>> hd:13,/vmlinuz-2.4.17-17mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem >>> boot: >>> >>> After trying many different things, including keeping some free >>> unpartitioned space (I got also errors about installing the bootloader >>> sometimes) i removed my whole drive from my computer and put in an empty >>> old 4 gb drive. I told the installer to format the entire HD and then >>> automaticly partition it, and then again: "No free space for 1MB >>> bootstrap" !! >>> >>> So again i set up the partitions manually, 1 linux, 1 swap, 1 boot, and >>> then it installed, after restart exact the same error as mentioned above >>> (Unknown or corrupt filesystem)!! So i tried installing another 5 times >>> with all different partition methods, no result... Can anyone please tell >>> me what i do wrong? >>> >>> -Leendert >>> >>> PS: This is also the first time I use a mailing list... >
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