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by **Thierry Le Penne** » Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:08:33

I am a newbie for installation of Linux on mac.
I want to test Linuxppc and I have installed on my powerbook G3, the
image of the Lite version of
Linuxppc2000. I succeeded to use XBoot that let me choose between MacOS
9
and Linux. When the installation starts, it uses the RedHat command line

installer that asks me the partition and path where it can find the
RedHat/RPMS and
RedHat/Base. These directories are not defined in the package of the
Lite version.

it might be another installer that is consistent with the definition of
package

Should I download the full version ?

I suspect a partition problem. With "Drive Setup" I have created the
following
partitions:

Mac OS 9 650 Mb Mac OS Extended
Mac2 750 Mb Mac OS Extended
Swap 128 Mb A/UX Swap
Root about 1500 Mb A/UX Root

All the installation package is copied to Mac2.

What I have missed in the installation procedure ?
Where can I find documentation for a beginner like me ?

Thank for help.

Thierry.

by **Thierry Le Penne** » Thu, 23 Nov 2000 04:00:00

I found how to resolve my problem.

The partition shema wasn't good, I created new
partitions like that:

Mac OS 9 650 Mb Mac OS Extended
Mac2 750 Mb Mac OS Standard <-new
Swap 128 Mb A/UX Swap
Root about 2500 Mb A/UX Root
Free 58Mb unallocated <-new

Then I have reinstalled the Lite package on Mac2
and set it as startup disk. I got the Xinstaller instead of
the Red-Hat command line.

See you next.

Thierry

> I am a newbie for installation of Linux on mac.
> I want to test Linuxppc and I have installed on my powerbook G3, the
> image of the Lite version of
> Linuxppc2000. I succeeded to use XBoot that let me choose between MacOS
> 9
> and Linux. When the installation starts, it uses the RedHat command line

> installer that asks me the partition and path where it can find the
> RedHat/RPMS and
> RedHat/Base. These directories are not defined in the package of the
> Lite version.

> it might be another installer that is consistent with the definition of
> package

> Should I download the full version ?

> I suspect a partition problem. With "Drive Setup" I have created the
> following
> partitions:

> Mac OS 9 650 Mb Mac OS Extended
> Mac2 750 Mb Mac OS Extended
> Swap 128 Mb A/UX Swap
> Root about 1500 Mb A/UX Root

> All the installation package is copied to Mac2.

> What I have missed in the installation procedure ?
> Where can I find documentation for a beginner like me ?

> Thank for help.

> Thierry.

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Lite version on powerbook G3 - installation need help

Lite version on powerbook G3 - installation need help

Lite version on powerbook G3 - installation need help