Re: Fwd: Re: new ibook - potato 2.2r4 - image not found
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:27:12PM -0800, Gordon Paynter wrote:
> On Thursday 08 November 2001 21:27, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > 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
>
> [etc etc etc]
>
> I've just been through all this with a brand new iBook. It took me
> days to sort this stuff out because I wasn't taking the right advice.
> In the end, I did a hard disk/network install.
>
> For what it's worth, here's what I advise:
>
>
> First, don't use 2.2. Get 2.4 (woody) from
Just to clarify, 2.4 != woody. woody does and will still have the same 2.2
kernel when released. woody will be Debian 3.0.
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/
>
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I agree with all your advice.
> Important note: it is said that kernel bugs will plague you if you
> go to more than 15 partitions. By the time you have 8 MacOS
> internal, 2 MacOSes, 1 bootstrap, and 1 swap, that leaves you space
> for at most three of your own, so don't try to be too fancy. (I
> made a 6GB /, and a 12GB /home).
>
No, on IDE disks there is no 15 partition limit. That is old info meant for
ancient kernels and SCSI disks.
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