[HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
Felix Jodoin
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sat Jun 28 08:49:00 2003
Well, as for the A. question, Linux doesn't identify properly for me,
either. OS X Says it's just unused free space. Don't worry, nothing's
corrupted, but the weird part is that FWB Partition Toolkit can see the
linux drive (not the free space) and that OS X can't.
-AliasN
On Friday, June 27, 2003, at 06:06 PM, Mark Srebnik wrote:
> 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]#
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> -------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.
>>
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