Subject: Re: partitions/mount points for 2.1 install
From: Andy Hocker (hocker@fnal.gov)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 22:23:56 MST
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Patrick Callahan wrote:
>
> It looks like you assigned your boot loader partition to /
>
> This may have caused it to be reformatted as ext2.
>
> Have you tried it with HDA11 as /
>
The installer determines the mount points automatically.
But I never was able to make an HFS bootloader partition
and then have it STAY an HFS partition after the mount points
were decided on.
> At this point I'd delete hda9 and remake it as an hfs partition
>
> Can the installer pull that off or do you have to go back to the Apple disk
> utility?
>
I did try from the installer, but yes in the end I had to
use the Apple Drive Setup. Annoying, but I gotta say that
once this was out of the way, the YDL 2.1 install was just
baby-butt-smooth.
Andy
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