I don't know the syntax for types; I typed "Linux swap" in for the name when I used the "c" command and it didn't work. "Linux native" however, automatically detected my type?????
I tried using a capital "C" and when it asked for type I said "swap" But of course that didn't work Where is a resource for how to use mac-fdisk? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Boyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philip Larkin Waters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:09 PM Subject: Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 02:15:06PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > I wasn't able to succesfully make a linux swap using "mac-fdisk??" but I do > > have a 32M partition waiting if I ever figure out how (if it'll work now) > > You would need to use the "create with type specified" option, which > is 'C' on the copy of mac-fdisk I have. Here's what I've got on my G4: > > # dpkg -l mac-fdisk > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-========================================== == > ii mac-fdisk 0.1-8 Apple disk partition manipulation tool > # mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda > /dev/hda > # type name length base ( size ) system > dump: name /dev/hda len 8 > /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map > /dev/hda2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3 > /dev/hda4 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 74 @ 246 ( 37.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda6 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 320 (100.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda7 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 520 (256.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda8 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1032 (256.0k) Unknown > /dev/hda9 Apple_HFS untitled 20480000 @ 1544 ( 9.8G) HFS > /dev/hda10 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 20481544 (800.0k) NewWorld bootblock > /dev/hda11 Apple_HFS Transfer 493919 @ 20483144 (241.2M) HFS > /dev/hda12 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Swap 2097152 @ 20977063 ( 1.0G) Linux swap > /dev/hda13 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 A/UX Root 16384000 @ 23074215 ( 7.8G) Linux native > /dev/hda14 Apple_HFS untitled 5 20480000 @ 39458215 ( 9.8G) HFS > /dev/hda15 Apple_HFS untitled 6 20480000 @ 59938215 ( 9.8G) HFS > /dev/hda16 Apple_Free Extra 25 @ 80418215 ( 12.5k) Free space > > Block size=512, Number of Blocks=80418239 > DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 > Drivers- > 1: @ 64 for 23, type=0x1 > 2: @ 118 for 36, type=0xffff > 3: @ 192 for 21, type=0x701 > 4: @ 246 for 34, type=0xf8ff >
