http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/installation/ydl6.2_apple_guide.pdf
page 4 says you need to partition a single drive into at least 2 partitions. Mac OS includes disk utility which does a destructive partition. If you need "live" partitioning, google for a 3rd party tool such as iPartition . Henry On 2010-07-27, at 10:29 , Keith wrote: > Hi, I have done all the hash checksums and all the checksums are correct. > >> Keith, did you remember to partition your internal drive so that it is >> formatted for Linux? > > Well I can't partition it for ext2/3/4 unless I can boot up the DVD. On a > Intel machine I could use partition magic, > but what do I use for a PPC running Mac OS X? Do I have to only have a linux > partition on the PPC or can OS X & YDL co-exists? > This is my 1st attempt to install on PPC after many Intel installs of Linux > so a *Good* web page would be appreciated. > > TIA. > > > -- > Best Regards, Keith > http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Derick Centeno" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:11:18 AM >> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Won't Boot YDL with Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz machine >> >> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:37:52 -0700 >> Keith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm having a problem booting any Yellow Dog Linux for PPC with my >>> Power Mac PPC w 1.6 GHz processor. If I put in a Mac Disk and hold >>> down the C on the keyboard Mac OS X PPC disks boots fine. If I put >> in >>> any YDL DVD in the drive the YDL PPC DVD will not boot and the >>> machine Boots Mac OS X Tiger from the HDD. >>> I have also burned the YDL DVD at slowest speeds and on different >> DVD >>> burners with the same result. >>> >>> Anyone know what I should check or do to get YDL PPC DVD to boot? >>> -- >>> Best Regards, Keith >>> http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/ >>> >> >> Keith, did you remember to partition your internal drive so that it is >> formatted for Linux? Also did you bother to test whether the SHA1SUM >> for the .iso image of YDL 6.2 you downloaded matches the official >> SHA1SUM value before you burned the DVD? >> >> If you did not do this test and/or the SHA1SUM value do not match then >> the .iso image of YDL you burned onto your DVD is incomplete and will >> not have all the information it needs to properly install YDL onto >> your >> system. >> >> Please note it is not the speed of the burn that matters; but whether >> the SHA1SUM values match. >> >> In downloading the .iso it is best and most efficient to have DSL or >> faster internet connections. If your DSL speed is low the download of >> the YDL .iso will take hours. However, if you only have dial-up >> speeds >> (56K modem or slower) the full download of YDL will require a week or >> longer with one phone line dedicated to doing nothing but that >> download >> without any disconnnects; of course any disturbance on such a line >> means starting from scratch all over again. >> >> All the best... >> _______________________________________________ >> yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] >> Unsuscribe info: >> http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] > Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list - [email protected] Unsuscribe info: http://lists.fixstars.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:us.fixstars.com'
