[ydl-gen] Won't Boot YDL with Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz machine

[Keith]

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" <henry.olders at mcgill.ca>
> To: "Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics" <yellowdog-general at lists.fixstars.com>
> 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" <dcenteno at ydl.net>
> >> To: yellowdog-general at lists.fixstars.com
> >> 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 <kilowattradio at comcast.net> 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...
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