Subject: Re: unformatted scsi disk partitioning
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Sun Jan 02 2000 - 16:46:26 MST
Can you make a pertition table on it under MacOS? Perhaps make a bunch
of partitions the type you want & just change their type in the ydl
installer?
Howard Turner wrote:
>
> Thanks very much for responding so quickly.
>
> I tried your suggestion (before) and the disk won't
> hold a partition. I'm starting to think the disk is
> bad, but I find that hard to believe, certainly not a
> place to start solving the problem.
>
> --- Ed Jaeger <ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com> wrote:
> > after partitioning turn the power off & restart the
> > installation, this
> > time skipping the partitioning step. You partitions
> > should be there -
> > it worked for me.
> >
> > Howard Turner wrote:
> > >
> > > Just got YDL. I'm running a B&W G3 with UW scsi 2
> > > card from Apple for all my drives. Two drives,
> > one
> > > that came with the Mac for MacOs and a brand new
> > 18G
> > > Seagate unformatted drive.
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble getting YDL installed.
> > >
> > > I get fdisk to partition the drive okay, but after
> > > partitioning I'm unable to get the installer to
> > allow
> > > me to select the drive during the assignment of
> > > partitions (figure 5.14 in the install manual).
> > >
> > > Can anyone give me a hand please?
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