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

[Keith]

OK I have YDL up & running and I am printing the manual. Thanks for the pointers!
:-)

-- 
Best Regards, Keith 
http://home.comcast.net/~kilowattradio/

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Keith" <kilowattradio at comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion List for Yellow Dog Linux User Topics" <yellowdog-general at lists.fixstars.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:57:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Won't Boot YDL with Power Mac G5 1.6 GHz machine
> 
> 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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