can't partition HD for installation

[Mdean]

this url doesn't work, and what's more, the instructions in that guide 
don't work either.  I think I now know the reason for the "yellow dog".  
These distro jerks are too yellow to get their customers up and running, 
so they are real dogs.

mascarasnake wrote:

> 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
>
> ----------
>
>     It's what you make it man
>     Takes time
>     A little bit
>     A little bit more
>
>             -The Minutemen
>
> 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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