Re: PowerPC Problem

you need a tiny bootstrap partition to be created i forgot if the installer did it for us automatically but if you are getting warned
i think you have to look for a menu to do that process for you

On 9/12/07, debian <debiani386@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon Royal wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am attempting to install Ubuntu 6 on my PowerBook Titanium 400Mhz
> > with 1GB of RAM.
> >
> > I have a 60GB drive installed with the following partitions:
> >
> > 39GB - Tiger
> > 03GB - OS9
> > 08GB - Panther
> >
> > I have 5GB of free space, of which I had split into two further
> > partitions a 4GB (for the system) and a 1GB (for the swap).
> >
> > I boot from the CD and click the install icon on the desktop. I choose
> > to manually select partitions, set the "/" for the 4GB and the "/swap"
> > for the 1GB and I tell it to reformat these partitions. About 15% the
> > way through installation I get an error message 'No NewWorld boot
> > partition found'.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong, can anyone help?
> >
> > I tried this about a year ago on my PowerBook G3, dual booting with
> > Ubuntu/Tiger and it worked fine. Tiger was installed first and it
> > booted fine using LILO between the two. But my G4 is proving a little
> > troublesome.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Simon Royal
> > -- computer advice, repairs, upgrades and support, hardware and
> > software, Mac & PC
> > -- www.simonroyal.co.uk <http://www.simonroyal.co.uk>
> > -- the box says requires Windows 2000 or better, so I bought a Mac
> > -- there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand
> > binary and those who don't
> >
> please be a bit more specific on what version of ubuntu 6.xx your
> talking about (theres a 6.06 and a 6.10).
>
> furthermore, why ubuntu 6.xx? when they have ubuntu 7.04 released for
> powerpc?
>
> the powerpc iso: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/7.04/release/
>
>
> --cj
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