Feedback on 5.10 PPC install

[Mark Jaffe]

Good morning.

System: "Pismo" G3/400; 60Gb HD.
CD downloaded is breezy-install-powerpc.iso from  
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/breezy/colony-3/ on 19-Aug-2005

3 partitions:
(Showing existing yaboot.conf from previous Manddrake 10.1 install)
init-message="\nWelcome to Mandrakelinux!\n"
boot=/dev/hda9
ofboot=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:9
delay=30
timeout=50
defaultos=linux
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
enablecdboot
enableofboot
macosx=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:11
image=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/vmlinuz 
-2.6.11-6mdk
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hda18
	initrd=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/initrd 
-2.6.11-6mdk.img
	append=" resume=/dev/hda16"
	read-only
image=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/vmlinuz 
-2.6.8.1-12.2mdk
	label="2681-122"
	root=/dev/hda18
	initrd=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/initrd 
-2.6.8.1-12.2mdk.img
	append=" resume=/dev/hda16"
	read-only
image=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/vmlinuz 
-2.6.11-6mdk
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hda18
	initrd=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:18,/boot/initrd 
-2.6.11-6mdk.img
	append=" failsafe resume=/dev/hda16 devfs=nomount"
	read-only
macos=/pci at f2000000/mac-io at 17/ata-4 at 1f000/disk at 0:11

Result of install:
Failed to properly read partition table, showed existing disk as full  
60Gb ONLY.
Install aborted (I did not want to lose my 10.3, 10.4 and OS 9  
installs.)

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Mark Jaffe
markie at ydl.net
(408) 972-9638 (home)
(408) 807-2093 (cell)