Subject: Re: YDL 2.0 bootloader partition
From: Jason McIntosh (jwm05c@mizzou.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 11:47:13 MDT
The problem being, partition wise,
hd:9 - hfs - Apple
hd:10 - Boostrap - ?
hd:11 - Main Linux - /
hd:12 - Swap - swap
That's the configuration I have. Any suggestions then why it isn't
letting me select where to boot from?
Jason
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hollis wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 June 2001 11:17, you wrote:
> >
> > Only other issue - stupid installer doesn't exactly set the bootstrap
> > worth anything.
>
> I assure you that it does. :)
>
> > It created the bootstrap partition, says it's there, has
> > the files, but still didn't show the bootloader - PowerBook G3 firewire.
> > Figure I'll wipe the partition, drop some loader files into the standard
> > HFS folder.
>
> The bootstrap partition is not visible from the Mac OS, which may be what
> you're referring to. This is done intentionally, and you should never need to
> access it from the Mac OS anyways.
>
> -Hollis
>
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