YDL not recognizing partition

[Mark Klopf]

Ok this is all discussed on the boards. Just go ahead and delete all linux
partitions as it asks. It will only wipe the one partition if it is what I
think you're talking about. I know it looks a little scary if you're not use
to linux but all goes well.

-----Original Message-----
From: yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
[mailto:yellowdog-newbie-bounces at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf Of
David Seikel
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:28 PM
To: yellowdog-newbie at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: YDL not recognizing partition

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:05:12 -0700 Cody Reynolds <codyjreynolds at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> So the latest problem I'm having with the installation of YDL 5.0 is 
> that after selecting english as the native language, it can't find the 
> partition table on device SDA is unreadable, and wants to reformat the 
> drive to make a new partition.  I've backed up the ps3 data using the 
> ps3 utility, but I'm hesitant to wipe the drive.  Any thoughts?  
> Thanks everyone.

This is the result of a mis understanding about how the PS3 handles the hard
drive.  It's an easy mistake to make.

The PS3 GameOS was used to "partition" the hard drive into GameOS and
OtherOS (YDL) sections.  The GameOS section is completely hidden from the
OtherOS, which just thinks that the hard drive is a bit smaller.
The OtherOS section is not actually formatted or partitioned for real by the
GameOS.  So when the OtherOS (YDL) gets to be installed, it sees a
completely blank hard drive, with no partition table or anything.
Just go ahead and format the drive.  Your game data is not at all visible to
YDL, and you can't harm it in any way.