Subject: Re: partitions/mount points for 2.1 install
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 10:14:08 MST
Well, I had no problems using the following:
Create partitions in MacOS9 (X Drive Setup has too large minimum
partition sizes) of:
HFS (for use as a bootloader) first available partition
HFS+ (for use in MacOS)
HFS (for use as a shared drive Mac/Linux)
Free Space
In YDL installer, delete HFS Bootloader partition (so it becomes
identified as free space)
Create bootloader partition and select "for use as a bootloader".
Create / /home /usr /var partitions (select "regular linux partition")
Create swap partition ("linux swap partition")
Save.
Enter mountpoints for /home /usr /var (and I would have created root &
swap if not defined)
Save.
On Monday, December 17, 2001, at 10:34 AM, Andy Hocker wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Gordon Neault wrote:
>
>> I would create the root partition earlier in the partition map than
>> swap. The bootloader should be earlier still.
>
> Believe me, I tried every possible permutation.
>
>> You can change the mountpoints yourself by highlighting the partition
>> and editting it after formatting. YDL wants to make the first available
>> Linux partition root, so I assume that is why it named the mountpoint
>> as
>> it did.
>>
>
> Sure, I can change the mount points, but it still wants to
> call the bootloader partition "ext2" instead of "hfs."
>
> A little more digging through the archives yielded this
> tidbit of information from Hollis
> (http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/yellowdog-devel/July01/0005.html):
>
>>>
>>> 3) The custom install will not correctly format the bootloader
>>> partition.
>>> The partion must have been unallocated? or hfs? in its previous
>>> existence.
>>
>> I was bitten by a similar problem... the installer formats
>> (mkofboot's) the
>> first boot partition only. If you still have old ones (or worse,
>> partitions
>> unintentionally marked as 'boot' partitions), that will mess things up.
>
> Okayyyy.... so what do I need to do to install YDL 2.1?
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
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