Very Computer

Hi all:
 I've installed the Feb/98 CD with no problems.It just won't boot up!
I mean anything, including vmlinux.coff floppy!
 My partition is on /dev/hda7 on a PowerMac 6500.I've tried some config files
gathered from reading this newsgroup but none of them have worked so far,
or I'm not doing something right! I tried booting from HD, ZIP, and the
vmlinux.coff floppy I made with no luck.The vmlinux.coff floppy will spin
about 20 seconds like it is being accesssed, but then it stops and that's
it.the only Linux that boots is the installer.coff!
  I also cannot access OF by using Apple-Option-O-F ,I get a blank
screen.Boot Vars does work fine,though.
  If anyone has a 6500 system running please let me in on the secret! I'd love
to be able to boot from floppy! Any help appreciated.

Donald Haley, frustrated Linux newbie!       ( Thanks!)

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Quote:> So, I re-partitioned my HD again and installed on the first
>partition.After trying some of the same config files again and not getting

Jeroen

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  Yeah, I rearranged the partition numbers with the fdisk(?) utility on
the Installer.coff, but it still wouldn't boot.I read that the boot file
had to be on the first 1024 cylinders of a hard drive.the Linux partition
started on around number 3???? something,I think.Changing the order didn't
change the actual place it was on the drive.I had the Mac partition last,
but it still began at cylinder #704 (?) If I've totally confused you by
now, here's how it was for my HD in 2 Partitions: 1 Linux, 1 Mac HFS

Original Partition:             Starting Block:

1.Apple Partition Map            Low # ( can't recall)
2.Apple Driver 1                 Low # ( can't recall)
3.Apple Driver  2                Low # ( can't recall)
4.Apple Part.Patch               Low # ( can't recall)
5.MAC HFS 1.8G                   704 (?)
6.Linux Root&usr 1.8G            3???? ( can't recall)
7.Linux Swap 100M                ????? ( can't recall)

The Partition numbers changed when I used fdisk, but the starting blocks didn't.
I thought that would be easier to do than reformat too, but it didn't work
for me! But after I re-partitioned and put Linux on# 5 & 6, MAC 0n #7, it
boots from the HD like it was born there! Anyway, after about a week of
brain wracking I'm
glad to be running! Thanks for the advice.

Donald