On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:05:58AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 08:58:52PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The problem I'm having is that whether I use the Apple tool (from System > > 7.1) or mac-fdisk from within the installation system, the kernel won't > > recognise the partition table properly. It thinks there is only one > > partition: DOS sda1. > > Well I reinitialised the partition map with fdisk (had used Apple HD SC > setup before), then used HD SC setup to recreate the Mac partitions. > Linux then found them fine, so I was able to continue to create the Linux > partitions with fdisk. Now installing. > > So is Apple's HD SC setup screwed? Or s it likely that there was some > other problem?
I'm guessing the disk came pre-formatted as a PC partition, so it couldn't be interpreted by the Mac partitioning tools. You did the right thing, everything should be fine now. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance)
