Lacinda, you sent this to me alone, by accident. Eric cc: YellowDogLinux Newbie
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:39:36 -0600, lacinda r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All - > > I would love to be able to boot from the OS X cds, and partition a slice for > OS X to use. Unfortunately, i cannot boot from the OS X cds. > > From my original message: > "when i boot from the mac os x install cd, i get a circle with a slash > through it (like a no smoking sign, except without the smoking bit." > > The disks are good. I have tried both OS 10.3 and 10.2 install disks, with > the same result. (Initially the gray apple comes up, and then it turns into > a circle with a slash, which may be indicitive of a kernel panic? i'm not > sure).I have tried holding down the c key at startup, and also choosing to > boot from cd at the ydl menu. I have also tried holding down the option key > at startup, and choosing the os x cd. > > I can boot up the ydl installation disks, but do not see an HFS partition > type available for format. > > Any ideas? > > --Lacinda > > ------- > "nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the > future." > --ashleigh brilliant, writer/artist/pot-shots creator > http://www.cymry.org/~zag/ | http://xfurious_mindx.livejournal.com > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Yellow Dog Linux Newbie > Lacinda: > > Hold down the "c" key when you restart/turn on your computer with > the > OS X install DVD in the drive. > > Since you're prepared to re-format the drive, that's exactly what > you'll have to do. > > >From one of the first menus you'll be able to determine partition > layout. Make sure that YDL has at least 6 GB and OS X 20-30 GB (give > yourself lots of room for iPhoto and iTunes or video editing). You may > even want to have a third partition that you can use for another OS > (Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mandrake, etc.) or a place where you > can share data between the two OSes (HFS+ is probably the safest bet > since it'll work with OS X without any extra software needed, and > Linux can handle HFS+ with a minimum of fuss). > > Eric. > > On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:58:04 -0600, lacinda r > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. i have successfully installed yellowdog 4.0 on a g4 powerbook. > > Everything is working great, but i'd like to install mac os x on > another > > partition so i can use photoshop and use the dual-screen features of os > x. > > However, when i boot from the mac os x install cd, i get a circle with > a > > slash through it (like a no smoking sign, except without the smoking > bit). > > Anyone have words of wisdom? _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
