can't install os x?

[Eric Dunbar]

Lacinda, you sent this to me alone, by accident.

Eric
cc: YellowDogLinux Newbie

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:39:36 -0600, lacinda r
<xfurious_mindx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> All -
> 
> I would love to be able to boot from the OS X cds, and partition a slice for
> OS X to use. Unfortunately, i cannot boot from the OS X cds.
> 
> From my original message:
> "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."
> 
> The disks are good. I have tried both OS 10.3 and 10.2 install disks, with
> the same result. (Initially the gray apple comes up, and then it turns into
> a circle with a slash, which may be indicitive of a kernel panic? i'm not
> sure).I have tried holding down the c key at startup, and also choosing to
> boot from cd at the ydl menu. I have also tried holding down the option key
> at startup, and choosing the os x cd.
> 
> I can boot up the ydl installation disks, but do not see an HFS partition
> type available for format.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> --Lacinda
> 
> -------
> "nothing we can do can change the past, but everything we do changes the
> future."
> --ashleigh brilliant, writer/artist/pot-shots creator
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> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com>,Yellow Dog Linux Newbie
> 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?