Subject: Re: Newbie installation questions...
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 13:59:10 MDT
Just make them the right size - the ydl install will set the type.
Alternatively, some versions of Drive Setup allow you to set the
partition type to A/UX or something similar. Also, you need to
carefully follow the steps in the ydl manual wrt rebooting after setting
up the partitions - many threads on this list about strange things that
happen if you don't.
YDL boot procedure with BootX is that MacOS starts to boot, then BootX
puts up a panel which you use to select YDL or (continue to) boot MacOS.
Unlike Intel-based boxes you do not set a partition as bootable, of
which only one per disk can be so designated.
BootX/yaBoot will handle booting linux from the "other" partition - I've
never tried booting from different MacOS partitions on the same physical
disk, but I suppose you could set your desired boot disk via the
"Startup Disk" control panel...
Eric Fronberg wrote:
>
> So if I understand you correctly, you recommend taking the 27Gb drive
> and splitting it up into the partitions.
>
> Partition 1 -- MacOs (Main OS) HFS -- System boot (also used as xfer
> area between YDL
> and MacOS)
> Partition 2 -- MacOS (Applications ++) HFS+
> Partition 3 -- SWAP ??? format
> Partition 4 -- root ??? format
>
> It sounds like there's no way for me to get out of having to reinstall
> everything. :-( I'm just going to need to get into Drive Setup and
> rearange the structure of my disk.
>
> Am I going to be 'screwed' because I can't boot from other than the
> first partition?
>
> If I read the doc's correctly, I think that I can use bootx with the iMac 333.
> (though I also have the option of yaboot).
>
> -- enf
>
-- Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com http://www.bgcorp.com --- "Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned."-- Emily Dickinson
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