RE: Yaboot on Powermac G3 B&W

["Juan Casero (FL FLC)" <Juan.Casero@wholefoods.com>]

You are absolutely correct.  Please see the following link for more
details on this problem
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162046.  The disk
was partitioned using the defaults available with the Anaconda installer
on FC4 PPC.  It appears there is some problem with the way anaconda on
FC4 PPC partitions disks on a  B&W G3 Mac.  I have been working with
Linux on x86 since 1995 so I am most familiar with that architecture.
This is my first attempt at Linux on another architecture other than x86
and to say that it has been disappointing is an understatement.  I
started with Linux (back in the days of kernel 1.3.12) when installing
it alone was not a task for the faint of heart.  Over the years the
installation methods for Linux on x86 have become so polished that I
guess I got spoiled.  This is experience has been a rude awakening :-).


Thanks,
Juan

-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan Benson [mailto:erbenson@alaska.net] 
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:35 AM
To: yaboot-users@lists.penguinppc.org
Subject: Re: Yaboot on Powermac G3 B&W

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 07:27:47AM -0500, Juan Casero (FL FLC) wrote:
> 
> Greetings Everyone -
> 
> I have a rather messy problem with an old Powermac G3 (blue and white)

> that I want to install Fedora Core 4 PPC on.  The installation seems 
> to go through fine and it even appears that the system installs the 
> bootloader at the end but after a reboot the mac cannot run the boot 
> loader.  Right now the system has an internal AHA 2940U2B scsi card 
> that is supposedly bootable.  The layout of the disk partitions is as 
> follows
> 
> /dev/sda1 -> 800k Apple Boot Strap Partition

this is impossible.  Apple partition tables are recursive, partition 1
is and must be the partition table itself.  the only way this
configuration is possible is if your disk is using DOS partition tables,
which are not bootable on macs.  (not through the automated and standard
setup methods anyway).

--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/