On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 06:27:46AM +0100, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > Hello all, > > I tried to install linux on my new ibook. But I got an error message: > ' > Welcome to yaboot version 0.9 > Wrong partition 1 signature > Config file read, 528 bytes > Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC (potato) > boot: > Loading kernel... > Wrong partition 1 signature > > Image not found.... try again > WARNING ! default_close called ! > ' > I already searched the internet - but couldn't find anything useful. great. someone fucked over r4 CD building for powerpc. and we can't even try to do anything about it until potato r5 in another 6 monthes. > Another strange thing is, that after Installing MacOS X I cannot boot > anything. MacOS 9 and MacOS X, and also their install CDs hang during > boot phase. They stopped nearly at the end of the progress bar. OSX is a Trojan Horse, it looks like something useful, but in reality it just renders your box either unbootable, or hideously slow. > I used the partition tool from the MacOS 9 Install CD to create 3 > Partitions (MacOS 9, MacOS X, Linux dummy). the linux one needs to be first, not last, rtfm: penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml > Others reported, there are a lot of partitions belonging to Open > Firmware. I could only see my newly created 3 partitions - hmmm. no partitions belong to OF except for Apple_Bootstrap. all that Apple_Driver crap belongs to the CruftOS, not OF. blaming OF for those is an insult to OF. > Now, I have a new ibook, but nothing is working on it. And I do nearly > know nothing about powerpc hardware. - So please help. > references to documentation would also be fine. penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/ -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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