can't install os x?

[Eric Dunbar]

Lacinda:

Hold down the "c" key when you restart/turn on your computer with the
OS X install DVD in the drive.

Since you're prepared to re-format the drive, that's exactly what
you'll have to do.

>From one of the first menus you'll be able to determine partition
layout. Make sure that YDL has at least 6 GB and OS X 20-30 GB (give
yourself lots of room for iPhoto and iTunes or video editing). You may
even want to have a third partition that you can use for another OS
(Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Mandrake, etc.) or a place where you
can share data between the two OSes (HFS+ is probably the safest bet
since it'll work with OS X without any extra software needed, and
Linux can handle HFS+ with a minimum of fuss).

Eric.


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:58:04 -0600, lacinda r
<xfurious_mindx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi. i have successfully installed yellowdog 4.0 on a g4 powerbook.
> Everything is working great, but i'd like to install mac os x on another
> partition so i can use photoshop and use the dual-screen features of os x.
> However, when i boot from the mac os x install cd, i get a circle with a
> slash through it (like a no smoking sign, except without the smoking bit).
> Anyone have words of wisdom?