your disk is not partitioned correctly, please read: http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 09:18:49AM -0500, B. Adjodha wrote: > I have been trying to install SuSe Linux version 10 on my powermac > 2.5 G5. I get to the point where it ask me to install the boot loader > and gives me this default setting: > > Image/boot/vmlinux (/dev/sda2) > > For some odd reason it does not like this setting and ask that I > create a new one. I have basically tried all the settings listed > below and none will work. I need help. I have been trying for 2 days > to get this linux OS installed and to dual boot with my present > operating system. My first drive is partitioned in two, with Mac OS X > Tiger Server 10.4.2 on the 1st partition and SuSe Linux 10 on the 2nd > partition. On my second hard drive, I also have two partitions, with > OS X 10.4.2 on the 1st and a 2nd partition with NO OS installed. > > Can any give me a help with this. I just need for a boot loader > (yaboot) to give me the option to choose either of the operating > systems to boot to. > > This is my present system configuration: > > /dev/sda 69.2GB > /dev/sda1 0.0MB unknown > /dev/sda2 30.6GB linux native > /dev/sda3 34.6GB Apple_HFS (OS X Server) > /dev/sda5 38.8MB linux native (SuSe Linux) > /dev/sda6 1.0MB unknown > /dev/sda7 3.4GB linux native > /dev/sda8 512MB linux swap > > /dev/sdb 152.6GB (my second hard drive) > /dev/sdb1 0.0MB unknown > /dev/sdb3 120.2GB Apple_HFS (OS X 10.4.2) > /dev/sdb5 32.1GB Apple_HFS > > > Any help would be appreciated. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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