Ok. I have two HDD's in my PPC system. Can I have one HDD formatted in ext2/3/4 and leave the other formatted for Mac OS X?
-- Best Regards, Keith http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/ ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Henry Olders" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:49:32 AM > Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Won't Boot YDL with Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz machine > > 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' _______________________________________________ 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'
