On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 02:24:05PM -0500, Ian Neath wrote: > I have a 500 MHz Cube and a 2.2r2 CD. I burned the CD myself, and it is > readable when I boot Mac OS 9.04. MD5 checksums are OK. I got the image > at ftp://debian.uchicago.edu/debian-cd/stable/official/2.2_rev2/powerpc/, > selecting NONUS.iso (652080 Kb Fri Dec 8 06:49:00 2000). > > Under OS 9, I used Drive Setup to create 3 partitions: > 1. 1 MB (smallest allowed) > 2. 5 gig HFS+ (for dual booting) > 3. remaing ~15 gig HFS standard
read http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/doc/mac-fdisk.basics. this explains how to properly create partitions shared between linux and macos. it involves creating a single placeholder partition with apples tool, then deleting it in linux and creating the 800K Apple_Bootstrap and linux partitions. > The notes I found suggested the inital partition needed to be of type > Apple_Bootstrap, but that is not an option from Drive Setup. I tried both > HFS standard and HFS+. you must create that partition in linux with mac-fdisk. > I reinstalled OS 9 on the 5 gig partition. > > I am unable to boot from the cd by either (1) holding down c or (2) > invoking apple-alt-o-f and then entering either (1) boot cd:\\yaboot or > (2) boot cd:\install\powermac\yaboot or (3) those two commands with a > comma after the colon. (I've seen both forms suggested on the list.) > > OF gives me the following: > > Apple PwerMac 5, 1 3.2f1 BootROM built on 07/10/00 at 17:11:57 > > With either of the yaboot commands, Debian tries to boot but I get the > message "wrong partition 1 signature" and then the screen flashes a couple > of times, there is another message I can't quite read, then the system > hangs (monitor goes blank). the kernel is failing it would appear. the Wrong partition 1 signature is normal when yaboot runs off a CD, ignore it. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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