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List:       linux-ppc
Subject:    Re: Installation Question: iMac & Maxtor HD
From:       Rob Lineweaver <rbline () wm ! edu>
Date:       1999-10-31 12:23:22
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Well, at least part of your problem is probably the MacOS 9 disk drivers.
Downgrade the HD drivers back to OS 8.5's using Drive Setup in MacOS.

Rob Lineweaver
:)

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Laurence F. Hawkins III wrote:

> 
> I have an iMac (Rev. B) and just installed a Maxtor 36GB EIDE HD. I
> partitioned it with a few MacOS HFS+ partitions as well as a root and a swap
> A/UX partition. For some reason when I try to install (From LinuxPPC 1999 Q3
> CD) the drive is not recognized at all. Is there some limitation of the
> iMac, standard Linux Kernal, or size of drive that needs to be overcome to
> install? I have instlled Linux with no problems on another PMac 7200, so I
> know the CD is in working order. The HD works fine under MacOS 9.0, so I
> assume the drive is fine. I would also assume that /dev/hda is the proper
> name for this drive under Linux, although I have tried all other
> possibilities that I can think of (hdb, sd1, sd2, etc...) I've checked the
> FAQs and Archives, and haven't seen this problem before, although I know
> there are many other iMacs running Linux, is there something simple I've
> overlooked?
> 
> Any help or at least a push in the right direction would be appreciated...
> 
> Thanks -- Laurence 
> 
> 


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