Bug#771040: installation-reports: Messes up Mac OS 9 driver partitions

[Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Dan DeVoto <dand1972@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Installation was flawless, except the installer somehow makes my Mac
> OS 9 partition unbootable.  This can be fixed by booting from an OS 9
> install CD, running Drive Setup, and updating the drivers.  This
> appears to fix the driver partitions, but obviously this shouldn't
> happen in the first place.
>

It's a long-standing bug, see for instance,

   http://ppcluddite.blogspot.jp/2012/03/installing-debian-linux-on-ppc-part-v.html

I don't remember whether I ever blogged about it, but I found I could
use dd to dump the partition table segments and use those to restore
Mac OS9 bootability when the CD driver restore wouldn't work (as in
when using a non-Apple drive).

Another factor was the size of the drive involved, for me. Tangerine
clamshell, and the ROM was written with the assumption of max 120G HD.
Using a 160G HD made it harder to keep the MAC OS-9 partition
bootable.

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Joel Rees

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