[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an iBook (Family #M2453) running OS9 with MAC OS ROM 3.1.1. > The hard drive reports as a Toshiba MK3211MAT and the driver version is > reported as 3.2.4 in OS9. The pdisk version appears to be 0.7.
Mac pdisk is broken in MacOS9. I haven't heard of it failing to report on the existance of a drive, but if you write a partition table with it, it will not work with linux. It could, though, perhaps, account for your problem. I'm not sure how you would go about getting a good partition table. I have had problems w/ fdisk reading partition tables created by apple drive setup (and even pdisk). It forces me to destroy the existing partition table and create a new one... I might try creating linux partitions or blank hfs partitions w/ drive setup and just mounting them in the installer (and obviously formating them) Your first ide device should be /dev/hda btw. > <snip:error message> > Is there a newer version of pdisk that can help me, and if not are > there any other utilities that I can use to make a Apple_Bootstrap > partition, or at least see the partition information of the hard drive. In order to use yaboot, you need a small hfs partition (apple drive setup will make one nicely) with the yaboot executable and kernel on it. > I would also like to know what sound chipset and ethernet chipset (read > what drivers are needed for Linux) are in the iBook and what the > development status is for them. AFAIK the ethernet and sound chipset are supported by BenH's new kernels (http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh). I think I was told that the iBooks still use the sound cable interface off of the cd, so you can still play cds (unlike the sawtooth g4s)... HTH --Nelson Abramson -- Shouldn't people be arrested and persecuted for engaging in their constitutional rights? http://www.opendvd.org
