[placed back on list for others to discover and review] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chasecreek Systemhouse <chasecreek.systemhouse@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mar 27, 2006 12:50 AM Subject: Re: PPC/FC5 Boot problem To: "Adam H. Pendleton" <fmonkey@xxxxxxxxxxx> ... On 3/25/06, Adam H. Pendleton <fmonkey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > > I, personally, have repeatedly run into this issue. The correct step > > is to boot an Apple recover CD and correctly format the drive with a > > proper "blessed" Apple disc label (which should show up in /dev/hda1) > > > Do you mean an Apple Mac OS X install CD? Problem is I don't have one > that works on this particular PowerBook. I have a G4 powerbook CD, but > it's for the aluminum models, and won't work on this one....is there > still a way to use this version to create the blessed partition? > > ahp > WCJ> ubuntu will create the proper disk label - after using it do not WCJ> delete hda1 when you install FC5. This procedure will correct bad FC5 partition creators. Sad that we have to go to another distro to correct the required Apple disk label (Apple's version of the partition table.) -- WC (Bill) Jones -- http://youve-reached-the.endoftheinternet.org/ -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list