[HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
Mark Srebnik
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Jun 27 17:34:13 2003
Hi,
New to this list...just installed YDL 3 on my PowerMacG4 earlier today. Have tried posting on the other Newbie list but to no avail yet....Thought I'd try my luck here!
Good news is I can boot fine into YDL3 or back into OS9.....
Bad news is I can't boot back into OSX10.2.6!
Been trying unsuccessfully so far to do the update pdisk thing as posted back in April by Dan Burcaw on this list. Was titled 'Can I get my Apple_partition_map back?'
Have tried following instructions to update pdisk. But having 2 problems I think:
A. Can't seem to properly identify my Linux drive partition in Terminal
B. When I get info on my partitions I get message that says I don't have 'valid partition table'....see below.
How do I fix this now?
Thanks!
Mark
[root@localhost root]# fdisk
Usage: fdisk [-l] [-b SSZ] [-u] device
E.g.: fdisk /dev/hda (for the first IDE disk)
or: fdisk /dev/sdc (for the third SCSI disk)
or: fdisk /dev/eda (for the first PS/2 ESDI drive)
or: fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0 or: fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0 (for RAID devices)
...
[root@localhost root]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/hda doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/hdb: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 238216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Disk /dev/hdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@localhost root]# fdisk p
Unable to open p
[root@localhost root]# fdisk -p
fdisk: invalid option -- p
Usage: fdisk [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK Change partition table
fdisk -l [-b SSZ] [-u] DISK List partition table(s)
fdisk -s PARTITION Give partition size(s) in blocks
fdisk -v Give fdisk version
Here DISK is something like /dev/hdb or /dev/sda
and PARTITION is something like /dev/hda7
-u: give Start and End in sector (instead of cylinder) units
-b 2048: (for certain MO disks) use 2048-byte sectors
[root@localhost root]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
-------Original Message-------
From: Mark Srebnik <msrebnik@earthlink.net>
Sent: 06/27/03 02:22 PM
To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
>
> Hi Steve,
Thanks for trying to help...
When I hold 'd' at startup I boot into YDL.
When I hold 'd' at startup I boot into OSX, at first see gray apple then a
circle with diagonal line through it.
Tried command df -k....see terminal text shown below. It shows problem I'm
having identifying proper hard drive partition to do pdisk update.
Can you or others advise...need to get back into OS X on my desktop
Mac...thank goodness I have a iBook as backup....;-)
Thanks!
Mark
[root@localhost root]# df -k
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda12 50887100 2270864 46031264 5% /
none 773240 0 773240 0% /dev/shm
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/hda'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 64
3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 120
4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 176
5: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 232
6: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 512 @ 288
7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 800
8: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1312
9: Apple_Bootstrap untitled 2048 @ 1824 ( 1.0M)
10: Apple_HFS "Mac OS X" 129465944 @ 104975696 ( 61.7G)
11: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 1572864 @ 3872 (768.0M)
12: Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 103398960 @ 1576736 ( 49.3G)
13: Apple_Free Extra 8 @ 234441640
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=234441648 (111.8G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: 23 @ 64, type=0x1
2: 36 @ 120, type=0xffff
3: 21 @ 176, type=0x701
4: 34 @ 232, type=0xf8ff
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/hdb'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_Bootstrap Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 64
3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 120
4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 176
5: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 232
6: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 512 @ 288
7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 800
8: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1312
9: Apple_HFS "Maxtor-14.5" 30408704 @ 1824 ( 14.5G)
10: Apple_HFS "Maxtor-100" 209711192 @ 30410528 (100.0G)
11: Apple_Free Extra 8 @ 240121720
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=240121728 (114.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: 23 @ 64, type=0x1
2: 36 @ 120, type=0xffff
3: 21 @ 176, type=0x701
4: 34 @ 232, type=0xf8ff
pdisk: can't open file '/dev/hdc' (No medium found)
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l/dev/hda12
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- /
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- e
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- /
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- a
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- 1
/sbin/pdisk: invalid option -- 2
pdisk: bad usage - bad arguments
version 0.8a2 (16 May 2000)
pdisk [-h|--help]
pdisk [-v|--version]
pdisk [-l|--list [name ...]]
pdisk [-r|--readonly] name ...
pdisk [-i|--interactive]
pdisk name ...
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l hda12
pdisk: can't open file 'hda12' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk hda12
pdisk: can't open file 'hda12' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk/dev/hda12
bash: /sbin/pdisk/dev/hda12: Not a directory
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l hda
pdisk: can't open file 'hda' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l dev/hda
pdisk: can't open file 'dev/hda' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost root]# /sbin/pdisk -l hda12
pdisk: can't open file 'hda12' (No such file or directory)
[root@localhost root]#
<< Previous...... Next >>......
-------Original Message-------
From: Steve Munsell <steve@contagiousgraphics.com>
Sent: 06/27/03 11:12 AM
To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
>
>
Try booting holding the "d" key (default finds first system on disk)
Try booting holding the "x" key (should force os x)
df -k shows partition names
On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 04:11 PM, Mark Srebnik wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Made it through the YDL install process. Can boot into YDL 3 OK.
>
> But can't boot back into OSX on my other drive....
>
> Have tried following Dan Burcaw's instructions for updating 'pdisk'
> but having problem properly identifying the Linux drive by its proper
> name.
>
> What do I type in Terminal to get list of hard drive/partition names?
>
> Should I do pdisk update or something else to get this fixed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Mark Srebnik <mark@MarkSrebnikArchitect.com>
> Sent: 06/27/03 05:48 AM
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: YDL Install Setup Advice Needed
>
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks again...think it's clear now...off to Linuxland...
>
> Mark
>
>
> on 6/27/03 6:21 AM, Michael Loose at m.loose@arcor.de wrote:
>
>> Good luck in LinuxLand and feel free to ask again if i should miss to
>> express myself clearly
>>
>>
>>> Just want to clarify a few points you make...see my comments below.
>>>
>>> Would greatly appreciate it if you or others could clarify.
>
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-newbie mailing list
> yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
>>
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-newbie mailing list
> yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
>
>
The Power Of The Press Goes To The Individual Who Owns One!
Always Made On A Mac!
Steve Munsell
(work)
www.contagiousgraphics.com
8107 Arrowridge Blvd. Suite S
Charlotte, NC 28273
phone 704.529.5600
fax 704.529.5480
steve@contagiousgraphics.com
(personal)
sneferu@mac.com
TheSneferu (AIM)
www.stevemunsell.net
>
_______________________________________________
yellowdog-newbie mailing list
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
>
_______________________________________________
yellowdog-newbie mailing list
yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie