[malvolio]

I'm a Linux newbie with a basic question.
I downloaded YDL 2.2 and burned it to CD. Now I would like to install it on my 350MHz slot-loading iMac. Does it matter which partition it gets installed on?
I currently have OS X on my first partition and OS 9.2.2 on my second. I would like to install YDL on my third partition. Will this work, or do I need to back-up, reformat and rearrange my partitions?

[utidjian]

Originally posted by malvolio:
<STRONG>I'm a Linux newbie with a basic question.
I downloaded YDL 2.2 and burned it to CD. Now I would like to install it on my 350MHz slot-loading iMac. Does it matter which partition it gets installed on?
I currently have OS X on my first partition and OS 9.2.2 on my second. I would like to install YDL on my third partition. Will this work, or do I need to back-up, reformat and rearrange my partitions?</STRONG>

Recently I installed YDL 2.1 on a tray loading 333MHz iMac. I think you can install it anywhere but I was only successful in installing it by using the recommended default method... fter repartitioning the drive and putting YDL on the first partition... MacOS-9 on the second.

[Northform]

It doesn't matter what number partition you put YDL on, but it doesn't use the same format as the Mac OS. The Mac OS uses HFS/HFS+, but Linux uses ext2. To install YDL you need to make a bootstrap of 10MB, a swap partition of 64-256MB and a main ext2 partition of at least 1GB.

Explanation: the bootstrap is where the Linux bootloader is installed which allows the computer to start up. The swap partition is used for virtual memory and cannot be changed dynamicly like on the Macintosh and Windows. The main partition (usually called root and mounted at /) is used to install YDL on to and hold any other files and programs you add later.

[malvolio]

From what I've read so far, it sounds like the YDL 2.2 CD can install the necessary formatting. Is this correct?
My plan is to zero out the data on my 3rd partition, boot up from the YDL 2.2 CD, and start installing. Will this work?
Thanks!

[Northform]

Originally posted by malvolio:
<STRONG>From what I've read so far, it sounds like the YDL 2.2 CD can install the necessary formatting. Is this correct?
My plan is to zero out the data on my 3rd partition, boot up from the YDL 2.2 CD, and start installing. Will this work?
Thanks!</STRONG>

The installation program can format the drive, but you should go to edit when it brings up the drive so that you can create the three necessary partitions without effecting your Mac OS partitions. By the way the Drive Setup program that Apple uses cannot change partitions without distroying all of them on the drive. If you zero all data on the third partition you will loose everything on the first 2 (if you don't use a third pary partitioning program). There is no reason why you would even want to zero all the data unless you are tring to make it so that it couldn't be recovered by a skilled data recovery worker (prehaps to hide information from investigative authorities - too many pirated movies ;-).

I would simply start up in YDL and use its partitioning program to delete the third partition and then split the free space into the three needed partitions.

[malvolio]

Thanks, I'll give it a try!
(No, no pirated movies, just pr0n. ).

[ 04-15-2002: Message edited by: malvolio ]

[smart]

YDL is real easy to set up, it tells you what partitions it needs, how big they should be. So its pretty straight forward. To bad that I cant install the 2.4 kernel.. Anyone tried KDE 3.0?