can't partition HD for installation

[mascarasnake]

hey, Brent-

your 7200 is an OldWorld machine which means you need to use BootX.

download this pdf file:
	http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/installation/ydl3.0_guide- 
single.pdf
and follow the directions for OldWorld/BootX.

When you format your drive for YDL (with Disk Utility), you need to  
format it as "unallocated"

When you partition the drive (use disk druid) ignore the Bootstrap  
directions. OldWorld machines don't use a bootstrap
partition. Just create a "swap" partition (this is your  virtual memory  
- safe to double your physical RAM) and a "/ " partition (root).

this should get you thru the rest of the install.

g'luck

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dontdrill@earthlink.net
mascarasnake@mac.com
On Apr 24, 2004, at 10:01 PM, Brent wrote:

> I've checked the archives, but didn't see this particular issue... I  
> was
> surprised - this seems like the perfect newbie question..
>
> I have an old 7200/90 that I am unmothballing. I picked up some extra  
> RAM and
> a 4.2 gig hard drive to that I could make it a YDLinux machine. I'm  
> going to
> leave the 512 meg original HD as-is and leave MacOS 9.1 on it. The RAM  
> and 4.2
> gig hard drive have been installed and are working fine. The 4.2 gig  
> HD is
> going to be only linux.
>
> Now the problem - when I am working through the anaconda installation,  
> after
> 4 or 5 screens  you come to the part of the installation where you  
> partition
> the hard drive. The automatic partition does NOT work. OK, no problem,  
> I'll use
> disk druid. Didn't work - when I select a partition and try to select  
> Apple
> Bootstrap from the File System Type, there was no Apple Bootstrap to  
> select. In
> fact, there was only ext2, ext3, and swap.
>
> Then I backed out reformatted the HD with MacOS Drive Setup (about 10  
> times
> using all the various formats HFS, HFS+, PPC Linux, MkLinux, etc),  
> then went
> back into anaconda to partition the drives, which I still cannot do.
>
> What format should I use in MacOS disk setup? What am I missing when  
> it comes
> to configuring my drives during the initial install?
>
> Help?
>
> Thanks and sorry for the long post.
>
> Brent
> brent@ydl.net
>
>
>
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