Subject: Re: ORB drive Partition Map
From: Leland Blake (lblake@usit.net)
Date: Fri Oct 01 1999 - 06:24:23 MDT
>I have tried both singly and all different combinations of the two. The
>fdisc installer will write to the drives partition map but it will not read
>it at boot.
>
>Again, at the initial boot into the installer there is a line saying that
>the map partition can not be read. Same at the end after the install. It
>will allow me to change the partitions in fdisc and assign root and swap and
>write the packages to disc but the map is not read at boot.
>
>Pulling my hair out over this one.
>
>Stu
>
>
>> Did you make the Linux partitions via a MacOS tool or the installer's?
>>
>>> Any idea why YDL is not recognizing the map (yes I have root and swap and
>>> usr configed correctly.) YDL install reads map in fdisc as created in
>>>FWB,
>>> but not at boot.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
>> Yellow Dog Linux
>> "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
>> http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
>>
>>
>>
I've tried installing YDL onto an ORB as well. Used fdisk. Same result.
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