Bug#137575: boot-floppies: [powerpc] mac-fdisk hangs
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 12:07:47AM -0800, David Kimdon wrote:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 3.0.19
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm installing on a powerpc G3 (Pismo, PowerBook). While partitioning
> with mac-fdisk I got all the way down to writing the partition table and
> then the system hung. That last thing I did before it hung is answer
> 'yes' to "Are you sure you want to do this?". Then it said something
> like 'Successfully wrote partition table'. No response (I don't know
> how to find the virtual consoles, alt, option etc. combinations didn't
> yield anything.) for a few minutes. I power cycled and the partition
> table had written fine so I continued with the install.
>
> -David
This has been reported several times during the last year. But no one with
a failing machine has ever been willing/able to track it down. It's never
failed this way for me, but I recall 3 or 4 other reports.
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