YDL Installation onto Mac OS X (HFS+) partitioned Drive:
YDL disk icon disappears, unmounted and unseen.
Frederick C.Lee
fclee at highstream.net
Thu Mar 17 23:41:42 MST 2005
Thanks for the Info!
I got the ext2sfx and managed to mount the Linux volume (partition).
However it didn't show up at boot (via alt key).
I noticed a mysterious volume (partition) adjacent to the Linux
partition; it couldn't mount. The disk utility couldn't fix it
either.
IOKit Name: untitled
Device: disk0s4
Connection Bus: ATA
Connection Type: Internal
Ejectable: No
DVD/CD-ROM: No
Mount Point: Not Mounted
Writable: Yes
Filesystem: Unknown
Volume UUID:
Device Size: 4.00 KB (4,096 bytes)
Device Block Size: 512 bytes
I suspect this should have been the Apple boot disk. The Linux volume
(partition) appears to be okay. I'll work on it: try to re-install
the Apple boot-disk partition.
Ric.
On Mar 17, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Ray wrote:
> I think what happened is that your NVRAM was reset. To start up from
> Linux:
> 1. Start up and hold the [option] key.
> 2. From the boot drives shown, select your Linux drive.
> 3. Click the right arrow button on the screen.
> 4. Welcome to Linux!
>
> To mount the Linux hard drive in Mac OS X, install a piece of software
> called Mac OS X Ext2 Filesystem
> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/). Keep in mind, however,
> that you will only be able to read and write things on that partition
> that [insert your Mac OS X short user name here] has access to (ie,
> those files that specifically allow your short user name to edit
> themselves).
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Derick Centeno wrote:
>
>> Is a possible that this is a problem of terms? Creating a 1MG boot
>> partition is different than creating and using a separate 1MG drive.
>> This is splitting hairs (partititions really) but when you are
>> working alone the concepts and the terms matter. Did you make sure
>> that all the other partitions are viable and seen by pdisk while you
>> were within the install process and BEFORE you selected whatever
>> packages you wanted installed by anaconda?
>>
>> pdisk should be able to see not only the Apple boot partition but the
>> partitions and mount points of all the drives you have! If not, then
>> it will be a matter of tracking down why they are not seen.
>>
>> Everything should show up by using: pdisk -l
>> (as in the letter "l", not the number 1),
>>
>> Best wishes...
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Frederick C.Lee wrote:
>>
>>> Based on the Installation Program, all that was needed were 3 disks
>>> since I'm stalling the basic desktop system (vs server, etc.).
>>>
>>> The following describes my machine:
>>>
>>> Machine Model: Power Mac G4
>>> CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.9)
>>> Number Of CPUs: 1
>>> CPU Speed: 467 MHz
>>> L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
>>> Memory: 512 MB
>>> Bus Speed: 133 MHz
>>> Boot ROM Version: 4.2.8f1
>>>
>>> The YDL version is: 4.0.1.
>>>
>>> The Installation program appeared to be satisfied after the 3rd disk
>>> and did an auto-boot. The rest is history.
>>> My question is: perhaps the Mac didn't see the 1 MB Apple Boot drive
>>> that was supposed to have been created during the installation
>>> process. Or perhaps such a boot HD wasn't created.
>>> How would I know and, are there other logical explanations?
>>>
>>> I the meantime, I guess I have to start all over again.
>>>
>>> Ric.
>>>
>>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Derick Centeno wrote:
>>>
>>>> According to what I've read regarding YDL 4.0 you need all FOUR (4)
>>>> discs for installation, not 3. If you are using YDL 3.0 instead
>>>> which does use only 3 disks for installation, that would explain a
>>>> lot of your difficulty.
>>>>
>>>> However, YDL 3.0 is perfectly fine for Old World systems, but OS X
>>>> may not work well on systems slower than 500MHz (the speed at which
>>>> most Old World systems operate).
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes...
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Frederick C.Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings:
>>>>> I have multiple hard drives, one is HFS+ (w/out journaling) split
>>>>> between Jaguar and YDL. The YDL partition has about 20 GB. I've
>>>>> ran thru the YDL manual-installation process and was sure to
>>>>> create a 1 MB Apple boot drive and set the target HD at the root
>>>>> '/' directory per instructions. I did the custom install of
>>>>> options and used the first 3 disk for installation.
>>>>>
>>>>> At the end, the installer said 'congrats' and rebooted. What I
>>>>> got was the default Jaguar boot (the second partition).
>>>>>
>>>>> The result:
>>>>> 1) The Linux (YDL) HD is not visible on the desktop; nor can I
>>>>> see it under the System Profiler.
>>>>> 2) The Disk Utility does see the YDL disk as a generic disk with
>>>>> the name 'disk0s3'; *** Not Mounted ***.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Question: How can I make the YDL disk mountable and selectable;
>>>>> and hence BOOTABLE at startup?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ric.
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