Re: Partition and Boot loader for Squeeze on G4

[Frédéric Massot <frederic@juliana-multimedia.com>]

Le 26/04/2010 13:10, Shawn H Corey a écrit :
> Frédéric Massot wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > 4 years ago, I installed Debian with a software RAID 1 on a G4 for an
> > LDAP server. In the end, I did not use the G4 and it remained in a
> > closet. I would again make use of this G4 server with a software RAID
> > 1 and LVM, I use the Squeeze installer.
> >
> > - Is it always to be given at the beginning of the hard drives the two
> > partitions "Apple_partition_map" and "Apple_Bootstrap"?
>
> The first partition of any drive must be the partition map so the
> software can find it. The Apple_Bootstrap partition must be the second
> partition in the map but, physically, it can be anywhere on the disk.

Thank you for your responses.


> > - Is that still uses Yaboot or Squeeze uses grub2 ?
>
> PowerPCs always use yaboot.

Do you know why there is a package Grub2 PPC (aka grub-ieee1275), it is 
for what computer?

Regards.
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