Subject: Re: YDL 2.1 Over LinuxPPC Problems
From: Elliot Badham Peele (ebpeele2@unity.ncsu.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 15:58:22 MST
i have the same problem. to format that one partition i think you are
going to have to use the linuxppc installer to format it. then reboot and
go into the yellowdog installer. this has not worked for me, but it
worked for someone else that had the same problem.
elliot
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Adam Dershowitz wrote:
> I had LinuxPPC installed, so my hard drive was all partitioned. (I
> have one drive with the Mac OS, and a second one that has an HFS+
> partition, an HFS partition, a swap and root partition).
> The problem is that I have tried to install and the YDL 2.1 installer
> keeps crashing at the point where it is "transfering packages" This
> happens both with the X based and text based installer. And with a
> minimum install and a larger one.
> I think that that problem might be that there is a bunch of stuff on
> the root partition (linuxppc). How can I wipe that partition and
> install over it, without reformatting the drive and loosing all of
> the important stuff on the other partitions?
> There is nothing obvious on the "partition drives" section of the
> custom installer will allow me to erase that single partition without
> damaging anything else.
> How can I do that?
> I assume that is why I am having a problem, but I am not completely
> sure about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
>
> --Adam
>
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