Unrecognized hard disk

[Mike Abraham]

Thanks Chris.

I think I've already done just that, but with OS 9
instead of OS X on the 2nd partition. Like I said in
the original post, I have OS 9 on the 2nd partition,
and the 1st is marked as unused.

However, whereas the YDL install actually then takes
you to the partition screen, for me it only gives:
"Partition Error -- no hard disk found".

And, again, Mandrake 8.2 does it as well, leading me
to think it has something to do with the way the
partitions are assigned or a driver problem.

Anyway, I re-submit my my original question....

Thanks.

Mike 

--- Chris Saunders <csaunders@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Here's what I did to get YDL running (both 2.1 and
> 2.2) on my iBook (dual
> usb - this year's model).
> 
> - use OSX drive setup to partition drive into 2 -
> leave one unused ("free
> space" or something like that) and the other one can
> have OSX on it.  NOTE -
> if you already have info on any partition, the drive
> utility will wipe
> everything when you write a new partition table.
> 
> - boot to YDL CD and select Custom
> 
> - once you've made it to the partition screen,
> create 3 partitions in the
> "free space" - one for bootloader, one for swap, and
> one for "/".  NOTE you
> can also delete partitions through YDL's pdisk or
> fdisk whatever it is.
> 
> - NOTE (no laughing mutex) if you install OSX after
> YDL, OSX will take over
> as bootloader and you'll need to boot from open
> firmware in order to
> re-establish yaboot as the bootloader.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
>
[mailto:yellowdog-newbie-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]On
> Behalf Of
> Mike Abraham
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:08 AM
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Unrecognized hard disk
> 
> 
> OK, I give. No matter how I partition the drive on
> my
> iBook 2 (dual usb), the YDL 2.2 install gives a
> partition error -- no hard disk found.
> 
> Currently, the drive is configured with 2
> partitions,
> according to the instructions. The first is marked
> as
> unallocated, while the second is HFS, and has OS 9
> installed.
> 
> I've seen some docs which suggest that the YDL
> partition needs to be formatted as HFS as well,
> though
> this contradicts the YDL 2.2 install guide.
> 
> This doesn't seem specific to YDL either -- Mandrake
> 8.2 gives the same error.
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help.
> 
> Mike
> 
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