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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Joseph Jezak <josejx@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 08/27/10 12:19, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Terin Stock <terinstock@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>>> If it's just going to be sitting in a closet collecting Apple-dust, then I'd |
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>>> say yes, it's certainly worth the extra effort. |
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<SNIP> |
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> I think the kernel might have gotten renamed, but missed in the |
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> documentation. Please try using ppc32 instead of apple. I suspect it's |
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> trying to boot a 64 bit kernel instead of the 32 bit one. |
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> |
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> -Joe |
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Thanks Joe. That worked fine with the most recent 2009 install CD. It |
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would be good if someone reading could add the Mac Mini to one of the |
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lists of supported machines and update the docs to explain this a bit |
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more. |
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I can now see the old partition and fsck ran cleanly. (I think...) |
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livecd ~ # mac-fdisk /dev/hda |
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/dev/hda |
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Command (? for help): Command (? for help): p |
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/dev/hda |
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# type name length base |
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( size ) system |
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/dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 |
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( 31.5k) Partition map |
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/dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 64 |
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(800.0k) NewWorld bootblock |
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/dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 2097152 @ 1664 |
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( 1.0G) Linux swap |
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/dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 154202672 @ |
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2098816 ( 73.5G) Linux native |
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Block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 |
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DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 |
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Command (? for help): q |
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livecd ~ # fsck -t ext3 /dev/hda4 |
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fsck 1.40.4 (31-Dec-2007) |
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e2fsck 1.40.4 (31-Dec-2007) |
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/dev/hda4: clean, 352751/9650176 files, 16137329/19275334 blocks |
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livecd ~ # |
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Now, when I try rebooting with the current hard drive installation I get to |
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* Checking root filesystem... |
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fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hda4 |
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/dev/hda4: |
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The superblock could not be read or does not describe........ |
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Where does this suggest the problem might be? The partition is 'good' |
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when I boot from the CD but bad when I boot from the current kernel? |
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Strange to me. |
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Anyway, if it's hard to fix no big deal. At least if I can read it |
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using the CD then I can copy anything I need off and just do a new |
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install, assuming there isn't anything really had happening with the |
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hard drive. |
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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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