deboni@diego.llnl.gov (Tom DeBoni) (06/19/91)
I'm trying to getA/UX installed and running on my Mac IIx, using a nonstandard partitioning scheme, but it fails on me. I'm unable to get any advice from Applb ecause my 90 days of free questions ran out. I'd appreciate any wisdom thato exists on the matter. oHere's the setup: I have a 300 MB internal in my Mac, which I would like to set up with an 80 MB partition for straight Mac stuff. I'd like to be able to either launch A/UX and run some Mac stuff under it, or just run the Mac OS. I have tried to install the A/UX software from the CD, following the procedures in the manual, but have had problems. First I bypassed the disk partitioning and Mac System installation steps, because they were already done. When I got to the step where I ran Floppy Launch and it asked for the Floppy Kernel disk, it claimed to be launching but in fact lacked up and required rebooting. This happened several times. I tried trashing the existing System Folder, which was full of custom stuff and contained software explicitly for the IIx, and going through the installation step I'd skipped, and was eventually able to get the whole thing to work. Then I got "smart" and decided to set up a small partition on that 300 MB drive to hold a minimal A/UX launching System Folder and nothing else. That way I could keep my regular System Folder on the 80 MB partition and continue to boot from it when I didn't need A/UX. I used Silverlining to set up these two partitions, and now I find that (1) I can't boot from the "MacPartition" containing System Software for any Macintosh, and I also cannot do the install- ation of the A/UX software from CD-ROM. WHen I try to install, I get the same bahavior as before - it locks up while trying to load the flopy kernel. So, I must not be understanding the voodoo underneath the setup for A/UX on a large drive. Are multiple partitions impossible? Is Silverlining the wrong tool? What else can I be doing wrong? All answers are welcome Tom DeBoni (deboni@diego.llnl.gov)