From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Iain Sandoe , Subject: Re: pdisk & G4 Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 14:36:42 +0200 Message-Id: <20000706123642.22511@mailhost.mipsys.com> In-Reply-To: <200007061057.LAA27826@hyperion.valhalla.net> References: <200007061057.LAA27826@hyperion.valhalla.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: >pdisk 0.7a4 (MacOS version) does not appear to run successfully on >G4/sawtooth (that is, it runs without crashing but reports no devices - >every ATA device shows as 'not ready'). > >This is the latest version on LinuxPPC 2000 and a quick check of the Apple >Developer site did not reveal a newer version. It's an Apple program. > >Does someone have the sources - or is there an alternative (OK - I will use >the new Apple Disk Setup which gets me most of the way - but pdisk is jolly >useful for checking that everything is OK). The MacOS version of pdisk is bogus. The recommended practice is to: - Use Drive Setup to create the MacOS partitions, leave empty space for Linux partitions - Boot the Linux installer - Use pdisk from the linux installer to create the Linux partitions - Reboot the installer (may not be needed in all cases, but I prefer this way) - Complete install Ben. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/