I think it would be more useful for beginners if mac-fdisk is demonstrated, initiating the partition map, and creating the necessary partitions. That way, mkswap and mke2fs examples would have meaningful /dev/hda# entries. The fstab and yaboot.conf files would then have working entries. This consistency would provide a true working example, start to finish.
Rajiv: These look like valid points to me, a key press by key press walktrhough of mac-fdisk might be halpful, or at the very least a basic outline of what to do within mac-fdisk for certain things might also be good The inconsitancy is between hda2,3,4 used in one section and hda9 used in another section. A single set of hda#'s in examples owuld be preferable. (in defense these pieces were all gathered at various diffrent points from veious different authors)
i am already working on re-writing the partition section. now i have a bug to remind me to actually do it.
Is cfdisk on the PPC install disk too? In the x86 docs, I just pointed to cfdisk because it is much easier to use. //ZhEN
unfortunately, cfdisk does not understand the ppc partition table format.
parted will be added, going to write a piece about that. Does this bug need to remain open?
I think it should be stayed open, because there isn't still a key-by-key manual for the mac-fdisk usage. Take a look on the 1.4_rc4-x86-installation-guide. fdisk is there really good described. Maybe we can do a similar section in the ppc-installation-guide? Furthermore the parts about describing partitions and the different filesystems should be added, too.
This bug has been inactive for a while. I think this is covered in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=4 Please reopen and advise you don't agree.
