yes. Henry
On 2010-07-27, at 11:57 , Keith wrote: > 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' _______________________________________________ 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'
