Help - destroyed partition map - on my real (OSX) drive ...

[Grant Lenahan]

Paul wrote:
>K - first of all - DON'T PANIC

is that in large, friendly, pink letters? :-)

>
>I had the exact same problem on my system - but it turned out fine.  As 
>it happens, the YDL installer (Anaconda) has a bug which renames the 
>Apple partition map type to Apple_bootstrap - the data on it is fine, 
>but OSX can't see it because it's looking for a different name.  Here's 
>a link that will get you all straightened out, and if you have any 
>further questions - email me and/or the list.
>http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-general/2003-
>April/007186.html
Thanks, Paul.  great info.
unfortunately, YDL wont run either; at the "boot:" prompt, if I 
choose YDL, it returns a bunch of paths, followed by "unknown or 
corrupt filesystem".

So back to square 1...
Grant