More than 3 bootable partitions

Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:13:08 -0400

Thanks...I will try it all again and see if it works.

steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Rowen" <mike@bcmr3.net>
To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: More than 3 bootable partitions

> I have a single 60GB drive in the system. The first 10GB I left
> unallocated for use by YDL. The second 10GB partition was a Standard HFS
> for MacOS9, the 3rd another Standard HFS 10GB for another MacOS9
> partition, and finally an Enhanced HFS partition for MacOSX. As it
> turned out, about 4GB was left allocated beyond the MacOSX partition.
>
> I installed MacOS9, on the 1st HFS partition and then on the 2nd one.
> Then I installed MacOSX on the Enhannced HFS partition. At that point I
> was using the startup disk settings in MacOS to bounce between them as I
> wanted. I am using a CD set that I purchased from YDL. I simply started
> up from the YDL CD and did the install. One thing that I did have
> problems with was setting my own partitions up in the YDL installer. I
> ended up selecting the automatically partition option within YDL. It
> properly grabbed only free space and set up the "/" and swap space for
> me. I made sure to check the button to verify the automatic settings
> before committing them. This was fine for my purposes, so I went with
> it. Everything installed properly and I have had no issues with
> accessing any of the bootable partitions, except for the Yaboot issue
> that prevents me from accessing multiple MacOS9 partitions. I can boot
> into any of these from the open firmware menu however. I'm not sure what
> issues you may be struggling with on your system. I have installed Linux
> on dozens of Intel systems and the PPC install is about the same. The
> only strange thing to me has been using the Apple partitioning tool. I
> don't fully understand some of its odd behavior.
>
> I think the most important thing to verify is that you place Linux in
> the very first partition on your disk or at least the /boot filesystem
> if you use one (I don't). I hope this helps a little. I'm happy to
> review your setup in more detail if you like. I'm pretty new to PPC, but
> not to Linux.
>
> -Mike Rowen
>
>
> On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 12:14, Steven Gross wrote:
> > Mike, I have a G4 (New World ROM machine as is your iMac) and have tried
to
> > install YDL 3.0 using the 3.0 installer from the ftp site. I have 3
> > different hard disks and prior to attempting to install ydl, I used the
> > Option key to boot into either OSX or OS9. The installer messed up by
boot
> > partitions and I had to repair them using pdisk.  Can you tell me
exactly
> > how you installed YDL...which installer, etc. I though that the firmware
> > (option key) would detect the Linux OS, but it did not in my
> > case...obviously it CAN. Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > steve gross
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "M. Rowen" <mike@bcmr3.net>
> > To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: More than 3 bootable partitions
> >
> >
> > > Since I have a G4 iMac, I can boot while holding down the "option" key
> > > on the keyboard. The open firmware boot displays all four of my
bootable
> > > partitions; 1 - Linux, 2 - MacOS9 partitions, and 1 - MacOSX
partition.
> > > So, I'll have to assume that either Yaboot can't handle more that
three
> > > partitions, or (more likely) I don't know how to properly configure
> > > yaboot.conf yet. Any ideas?
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 10:39, M. Rowen wrote:
> > > > I did try adding another "macos" line to the yaboot.conf file, but
this
> > > > did not result in any additional boot choices (I did run ybin after
the
> > > > update). I guess I will have to dig deeper into Yaboot. I'm still
not
> > > > sure if this is a Yaboot limitation or one imposed by the hardware
and
> > > > the open boot firmware. Although I've worked with single partition
Macs
> > > > in the past and have worked with Linux on Intel systems, this is the
> > > > first time I've done any multiple partition stuff with a Mac. I
guess my
> > > > next attempt will be to bring up the firmware open boot menu to see
what
> > > > is presented there. I'll let you know what I find.
> > > >
> > > > -Mike
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 07:30, Robert Fernandes wrote:
> > > > > I have not tried this (I only have the "normal" three partitions),
but
> > > > > I believe that what you need to do is to edit the /etc/yaboot.conf
> > file
> > > > > by hand and then update yaboot by running ybin. You need to do
this as
> > > > > root.
> > > > >
> > > > > Login and open a command line, then type su, then enter the root
> > > > > password. You can use vi if you like, but I usually use one of the
> > > > > wysiwyg editors like kate, so I would then type kate
/etc/yaboot.conf
> > &.
> > > > >
> > > > > Toward the end of the yaboot.conf file, you will see two lines for
> > your
> > > > > macos and macosx partitions. You will need to know the partition
> > number
> > > > > for your other macos partition - you should be able to figure this
out
> > > > > based on the numbers for the listed yaboot partitions. I would try
> > > > > adding another line but I am guessing that you will need to call
it
> > > > > something other than macos, perhaps macos2. What yaboot will do
with
> > > > > this, I don't know. I assume it will asign some letter key to boot
it
> > > > > since it doesn't let you choose? Anyone?
> > > > >
> > > > > Once the file is saved, type ybin - this will update the
bootloader.
> > > > > Reboot and good luck!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 11:55 PM, M. Rowen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > All of these partitions are on a single 60GB disk. The MacOS9
> > partition
> > > > > > in question is still there, I just don't get a choice from
Yaboot to
> > > > > > boot from it because it appears limited to allowing only three
> > > > > > partitions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 21:56, Steven Gross wrote:
> > > > > >> How did you install without issues? Did you have to unplug your
> > > > > >> drives etc?
> > > > > >> WHen I tried to install using 3 drives (one for OSX one for OS9
and
> > > > > >> one for
> > > > > >> Linux (YDL 3.0), it casued a problem with my boot partiions and
I
> > > > > >> have to go
> > > > > >> through lengths to resore them using a special pdisk from
Yellowdog
> > > > > >> (Terrasoft), and I could never get yaboot to boot up at all...
> > > > > >> thanks
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> steve
> > > > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > >> From: "M. Rowen" <mike@bcmr3.net>
> > > > > >> To: <yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
> > > > > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:31 PM
> > > > > >> Subject: More than 3 bootable partitions
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>> This question may be more about Macs in general, but may
relate to
> > > > > >>> Yellow Dog Linux. I partitioned my 800MHZ G4 iMac a few days
ago.
> > > > > >>> When I
> > > > > >>> did so, I created 2 MacOS9 partitons, 1 MacOSX partition, and
left
> > > > > >>> unallocated space for Yellow Dog. I installed Yellow Dog
without
> > any
> > > > > >>> issues today. But when configuring Yaboot, it only allowed me
to
> > > > > >>> select
> > > > > >>> 1 MacOSX partition and 1 OS9 partition. Is there a way to get
> > Yaboot
> > > > > >>> to
> > > > > >>> recognize two MacOS9 Partitions? They both show up in the
device
> > list
> > > > > >>> when I configured Yaboot.
> > > > > >>>
> > > > > >>> -Mike Rowen
> > > > > >>>
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