On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 02:21:46PM +0100, Mark Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Subject says it all. > > Hardware: Powerbook G3 (Pismo) 400/320 > > Software: Official Debian Potato CDs / MacOS X > > Have partitioned HD as per instructions: > > 800 KB Apple_Bootstrap partition at hda2 > > 320 MB Linux swap partition on hda > > 2.0 GB LInux partition on hda > > (also have an Apple partition map at hda1, a MacOS X partition and Apple > Disk Driver partitions) > > When booting from the Potato CD, everything works fine right through the > set-up, including the "make Debian bootable from HD" step. I assume rtfm. that step only works on WOODY. its *BROKEN* and *USELESS* on potato. > therefore, that the necessary boot files are getting written to the > bootstrap partition but I have no idea how to check this. Anyway... wrong. potato's make bootable step is BOGUS. it did NOTHING of any use for a newworld system. > I always get one of two types of error. Either "cannot open partition" > or "invalid command" rtfm it explains how to make potato bootable. or better reinstall with current woody boot-floppies where this step works properly. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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