Please note that this Companion to Install is an addendum to that which is presented on-screen during the installation process.It is not meant to be used as a stand-alone document.Instead,it is designed to provide extra guidance for those portions of the installation process that may otherwise be confusing. Drive Configurations You may install Yellow Dog Linux as a stand-alone operating system,or you may install both OSX and Yellow Dog Linux.You may have 1 or more drives independent of the number of operating systems installed.

If you do have 2 or more drives,1 for YDL and the second drive for OSX,it is advised that the Yellow Dog Linux drive be placed first in the ATA,SCSI,or Firewire chain (at the time of this writing,USB drives are not supported as targets for the installer). To install OSX and Yellow Dog Linux on a single drive,you will require a minimum of two primary partitions.Unless your drive is already configured as such,you must either boot from the OSX CD,reformat,then reinstall OSX (using the Drive Setup application)or use a 3rd party,non-destructive partitioning tool prior to installing Linux. Be certain to back-up all important OSX applications and data before working with any partitioning tool or reformatting your drive. PREPARATION Single Drive,Multi-Boot System You are now going to use Apple’s Drive Setup application to format and partition your drive.Please note that this procedure completely reformats and DESTROYS ALL DATA on your drive. These instructions are for the partitioning of OSX.For Classic Mac OS partitioning,please download the YDL 2.3 Guide to Installation located at www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/guide2.3.shtml 1.Insert the OSX Software Install CD or DVD. 2.Restart your computer. 3.Hold the “C”key until you have booted from the OSX Software Install

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