On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:47:49AM -0700, b...@riseup.net wrote: > Hello there, > > I have been struggling to boot Debian-PPC from a new 2TB Baracuda HDD with > a Seagate GoFlex controller... FOR DAYS! > > I am using a Powerbook G4 with OSX 10.3.4 > > The details: > > When I boot off a Live Ubuntu CD I am able to see and mount the external > hard drive (/dev/sdb). The disk partitions look like... 1.Disk Map > 2.Apple_Bootstrap 3.ext4 4.swap > > So I run the ybin on /dev/sdb2 (the apple_bootstrap partition) from the > Ubuntu live bootable... Everything goes well, blessed with holy penguin > pee, etc.... > > When I give the cmd+opt+o+f command on start up to load the Open Firmware > interface problems happen. I try the 'dev / ls' command for the device > tree. The external hard drive does not show up under any of the usb tree > members. However, Open Firmware is able to "see" my 2GB thumb drive on the > device tree just fine. > > When I boot to OSX I am able to see the external peachy with pdisk -L (it > comes in as /dev/rdisk1 and all 4 partitions are present). > > Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks much, bfb
Is the partition table on the 2TB disk in apple partition format (not GPT)? I have seen some mentions of holding the alt key at boot and having the option to boot from a USB drive, but not being able to make it the default boot drive. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121026205337.gv18...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
