Drive Full Error! (PBG3 233)

[Thomas J. Buhr]

Thanks Andrew,

I will proceed to install YDL as you described this weekend. Your help
is easy to follow...

How does YDL work for you? Is the speed OK? I only have 96MB of RAM so
once I'm happey with the install I might want to upgrade. I'm hoping to
use my PB for Java and XML development work. How is it running Java in
YDL?

One thing I do know is that if it works I will not have to rely on
Apple's SUPER SLOW support for the Java Platform, nor will I have to
upgrade to a new computer just to work with Java. There is so much
going on besides Apple's agend and Linux gives me access, this is
great!

Cheers,

Thom

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:11:56 -0400, "Andrew Stout"
<astout2@swarthmore.edu> said:
> >From: "Thomas J. Buhr" <worldwide_counterpoint@fastmail.fm>
> >>  a done deal but not quite. The PBG3 is presently configered with 3
> >>  partitions, 1 on the internal 2GB drive (for the Mac OS 8.5) and 2 3GB
> >>  partitions on an expansion bay 6GB drive. One of these 3GB partitions
> >>  is empty and available to YDL.
> >
> >Can you see the empty 3GB partition on the MacOS desktop?
> >If so, from the YDL point of view, you have no space to install YDL.
> >The space you intend to install YDL is already configured for MacOS
> >and not available to YDL.
> >First, you need to delete the empty MacOS partition, then create
> >at least two partitions (/ and swap) to install YDL, which you can
> >not see from MacOS.
> >You do not need to change any part of your current MacOS partitions
> >which are vital for your system.
> 
> To expand:  The YDL installer disk partitioner is really bitchy:  it 
> won't let you install YDL on a partition it didn't create itself. 
> This is supposedly to keep you from wiping out other stuff 
> accidentally, but I say, if you're up to tackling linux, you can 
> probably keep your partitions straight with the proper warnings. 
> Also, it will crash if you try to delete a partition using the YDL 
> partitioner (which it will allow you to do, even though that's where 
> you're most likely to kill stuff you didn't want to) and then create 
> a new partition for YDL.
> Here's what to do to install YDL on this partition without zapping 
> the stuff on the other partitions, and without using a real disk 
> partitioner such as perldisk (which you probably don't have).
> 1. I recommend using the text installer.  The graphical one is more 
> stable than it used to be, but just to be safe.  I have the same 
> machine (PBG3 233) and I've had more success with the text installer.
> 2. Select Custom installation.  Don't worry, it's not as hard as it
> sounds.
> 3. Proceed through the installation in the normal, recommended way 
> until you get to the disk partitioning step.
> 4. Find the 3Gb partition you've set aside for linux--make sure you 
> pick the right one, of course, because you're about to wipe out 
> everything on that partition.
> 5. select this partition, and delete it.  It should now say something 
> like "unallocated" or "free".
> 6. save this partitioning.
> 7.  QUIT.  Get out of the installer!  This is why you chose custom 
> mode.  You now want to exit the installer and reboot.  Boot back into 
> MacOS, just for a breather and to make sure you really did zap the 
> right partion.
> 8. Now, run the YDL installer again.  This time when you get to the 
> partition step, those 3Gb will be unallocated and free to be 
> partitioned for YDL.  Create the partitions you want for linux out of 
> this free space:
>    a. You don't really need a bootloader partition.  You're gonna be 
> using BootX, and even if somebody does come up with a bootloader that 
> needs it's own partion, it sounds like you want a dual-boot system, 
> so you won't want it anyway.
>    b.  You do want swap space.  How much RAM do you have?  I've souped 
> my PBG3 up with 288Mb RAM, and I gave it a 512Mb swap space.  But I'm 
> working with a 20Gb internal hard drive (shelled out a lot of $ for 
> that last fall...).  Anyway, make some swap space...128Mb, maybe? 
> Depends how much storage you're willing to sacrifice.
>    c.  If you know what you're doing you can make separate partitions 
> for /home, /usr, /var, et cetera.  I didn't know enough to do this, 
> so I just made one big partition for /.
> 9.  Proceed with installation as normal.
> 
> Good luck, hope this helps,
> Andrew "finally! somebody I can help, instead need people to help me!"
> Stout
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