Following these steps at Chapter: 4.c. Default: Using mac-fdisk (Apple/IBM) Partition your Disk >Second, create an Apple_Bootstrap partition by using b. >It will ask for what block you want to start. >ter the number of your first free partition, >followed by a p. For instance this is 1p. I've: First block: 1p requested base and length is not within an existing free partition I think that is because 1th bloc by default is a: /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. # mac-fdisk /dev/hda 2. Second, create an Apple_Bootstrap partition by using b. 3. Enter 1p Actual Results: First block: 1p requested base and length is not within an existing free partition Expected Results: Create an Apple_Bootstrap partition Also to create a swap partition by pressing c, you now have to enter 3p instead of 2p as in Handbook PPC. And to create the root partition, enter c, followed by 4p instead of 3p as in Handbook PPC.
If you read carefully the handbook tells you "Enter the number of your first free partition, followed by a p. For instance this is 1p." 1p is just an example if you cleared your harddisk completely. Sometimes it could happen that you are not able to clean special partitions needed for the OpenFirmware or Mac OS X. Any further named partition is still an example and the handbook tells you every time to choose the next free partition on your disk.
