INSTALL TERMINATES WITH 1 MINUTE LEFT!!

[David C. Hacker, DVM]

It is not just 8Gb limitation.  The boot partition HAS to be within the 
FIRST 8GB of the hard drive.  I don't think this is the reason the 
installer crashed though.  My install went fine and yaboot came up but 
it wouldn't boot my kernel because it wasn't in the first 8GB of the 
hard drive which OpenFirmware recognizes on these older systems.  I had 
to split my first 8GB up and put 4GB for OS X  2GB for / linux root. 
and 2 GB for OS 9 then I put other partitions farther in the disk for 
/home and /usr and /var.

David C. Hacker, DVM
212 N 1st St #2
New Salem, ND 58563
(701) 843-8179
On May 6, 2004, at 9:36 AM, Norberto Quintanar wrote:

>
> --- john gardiner <?> wrote:
>> Failure during install.
>>
>> I was installing YDL 3.0.1 on a G3 B&W Mac. It already has OSX and
>> Classic in partitions 2 and 3. There is 20GB free space for Linux
>> install as the first partition. Install selection was:
>>
>> - Workstation, plus customized for most extras (about a 5.8GB
>> install)
>> - It installs fine up to the last 2 packages of CD3...so 40 minutes
>> of
>> sitting watching! I was just watching it tick out the last 1 minute
>> it
>> had displayed as time left!!!!!
>> - It then jumps to text and spurts out a kill signal, install
>> terminated abnormally message and you may now reboot message.
>> - it can then only reboot direct to OSX. No yaboot!! So I have i
>> guess
>> 99% of the  OS installed, but does yaboot go in last? As this is
>> the
>> second run through, facing another 40 mins sitting there is too
>> much
>> (as it is a machine in an office way from mine and I have to move
>> about
>> between CDs!)
>>
>> IS there any way to pick up a part install and complete it!?? OSX
>> Disk
>> Utility can see (greyed out) the two main Linux partitions and
>> indeed
>> they have lots of data on them....I am loath to have to start yet
>> again!
>>
>> Thanks
>
> NO!! oops I had caps lock on ;)
>
> Anyway, you are experiencing the 8gb free space dillema.  You need to
> divide the 20gb partition into two partitions, one being  less than
> 8gb.  The other one being whatever you want it to be i.e. storage
> etc...  But you will have to reinstall.  Sorry.
>
>
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