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

[Henry Olders]

yes.
Henry




On 2010-07-27, at 11:57 , Keith wrote:

> 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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