On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:52PM +0200, Georg Koss wrote: > Hello all! > > I'm intending to install Debian 2.2.r3 on my second HD. > > Short description of my system: > G4 - two HD - primary boots _ultra1_ (Debian/Woody). > Changed original CD-ROM/DVD to CD-RW Plextor. > > What I did on ultra0 until now: > > mac-fdisk which gave me the following partition-table: > > dev/hda1 Apple_Partition_Map Apple (31.5k) 63@1 System > dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap (800k) 1600@64 unknown > dev/hda3 Apple_Unix_SVR2 GNU/Linux (9.3) 19529728@1664 Linux native > dev/hda4 Apple_Free Extra (479.0k) don't rememberFree Space > > mac-fdisk wasn't able to recognize my hda-size correct (gave round > 511GB fo a 10G Drive). install the mac-fdisk from proposed-updates, or else the one in woody. those versions fix that stupid bug. or follow mac-fdisk-basics which explains how to work around that bug correctly. > When I run the install menu on official-binary-1, I will be asked to > initialize /dev/hda1 as swap, dev/hda2 as root and dev/hda3 as what > ever. er, that should not have occured, dbootstrap should consider /dev/hda1, and /dev/hda2 as off limits. try woody boot-floppies, they have the fixed mac-fdisk and are just a zillion times better then the potato version. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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