Fedora 9 problem [MAC PPC G5]

steve477668 · Post by **steve477668** » 18 Jun 2008, 09:16

The problem is i dont have any dvd's left so ive burnt the install onto a 5GB partition... but i cant get my machine to boot from that partition to do the install
ive tried bootx and a few other things, but the partition comes up with 'unknown file or filesystem'

i cant get help even on the recognised linux forums so im just hoping i get lucky here and someone can take pity on me and suggest something...

cheers,. steve

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 09:33

Could you just explain it with a little more detail? =)

What are you trying to install where ? how ? and from ?

steve477668 · Post by **steve477668** » 18 Jun 2008, 10:08

im trying to install fedora 9 on a PPC mac (G5)
ive burnt (restored) the install image onto a small partition (the rest of the disk is formatted -macos extended- (journaled)
but when i reboot from that drive it wont find the install partition and carry on from there...

steve..

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 10:25

hmm, tricky tricky =/

What filesystem is on the small partition where you placed the install files?

EDIT: have you set the comp to start on that disc? and is the bootflag set on that partition?

steve477668 · Post by **steve477668** » 18 Jun 2008, 11:20

the whole disk is macos extended, and its the only drive in there when i try it out...

bootflag set on that partition?

erm... no (probably) is there something i can be adding to that partition that will get it recognized on startup?

I have got an older fed7 disk that i can boot from, and ive tried to getto that partition from there
ie: disk0s3 /volumes/install/PPC/PPC64/vmlinuz but i just get error after error (im taking it that its because its 'unknown filesystem)

I have to stop here and mention that im a linux noob still so im kind of swimming i deep water here... but im pretty good with mac's and PC's so im not completely lost *ish*

this is the linux forum where my other post is:
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showth ... p?t=191768
as u acn see no one there has any ideas either...lol

cheers for your help,
steve

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 11:55

Well, the partition manager that you can use during the Mac OS X install should have something of use. Try that

Post by **bad_brain** » 18 Jun 2008, 12:05

hm, what about creating some unassigned space on the HDD, then mounting the iso image of the distro in Mac and try to install from there?

for Linux it would be

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mkdir -p /mnt/whatever
mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/whatever

you most likely have to customize the commands for Mac, but it should work in a similar way. of course I can not guarantee it'll work but it's worth a try...

steve477668 · Post by **steve477668** » 18 Jun 2008, 16:31

no all im getting is:

mount: /Users/steve/Downloads/Fedora-9-ppc-DVD.iso: unknown special file or file system.

does linux use its own format then? maybe i should have formated the partition in that?

Post by **ayu** » 18 Jun 2008, 18:01

Linux usually uses ext3, and ext2 at some occasions

Try mounting with:

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hdiutil mount sample.iso

Post by **bad_brain** » 19 Jun 2008, 04:51

you have to mount it as loop device, a quick google check showed me there is also a "loop" switch like in the command for Linux I've posted...and don't forget to create a directory first in which you'll mount the iso...