Subject: Re: I had this same partitioning problem
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Thu Jan 13 2000 - 06:59:31 MST
Are you rebooting after partitioning?
> Thank you very much!! this worked!
>
> hoever... later in the install i ran into another problem.. when installatioin of
> the software started i was given this message
>
> "Mount failed - invalid arguement"
>
> I have no idea what this means..
>
> Again, thank you all for the great help
>
> Andrew
>
> Booth Rand wrote:
>
> > When partitioning using MAC OS9. They have a more advanced setup in
> > OS9 on drivesetup compared to 8.5 or 8.6 even including a scheme for
> > LINUXPPC. Unfortunately, I could never get YDL to pick up the new
> > partitioning, when choosing "Unallocated," in the OS9 Drivesetup.
> > Also, you have to turn off everything as per instructions when
> > reinstalling the MAC OS. Just keep your core files. Turn off
> > networking, internet, etc, if you don't it won't find HDA1, if you
> > are doing this on the same drive.
> >
> > Then,on boot, I just decided to go with 8.6 drive setup. Pulled out
> > my 8.6 install and used it to do drive setup and it held up to create
> > the partitions.
> >
> > >Yes i did,
> > >
> > >since i used drive setup from my Mac OS cd, i had to reboot in order to put
> > >in the linux cd. then followed the rest of the instructions regarding the
> > >bootx app, everything was going great until the partion stage of setup
> > >
> > >simple answer is yes, quite a few times - thinking i messed it up somehow
> > >
> > >Dan Burcaw wrote:
> > >
> > > > Andrew,
> > > >
> > > > Did you reboot after partitioning as stsated in the Point of Caution
> > > > bullet on the side of the partitioning page?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > > > I followed the installation instructions exactly the way the manual
> > > > > states, but when it comes to the partition part of it, it says there are
> > > > > no drives
> > > > > available.
> > > > >
> > > > > with the mac drive setup, when i put one partition as unallocated, it
> > > > > will delete it. and create just one big partition.
> > > > >
> > > > > i am quite frustrated and don't know where to go from here.
> > > > >
> > > > > i'd appreciate any help,
> > > > >
> > > > > Andrew
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Dan
> > > >
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> > > >
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>
>
Regards,
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
"The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server"
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