newbie q. no hard disk found~

From: Pumpkin (laputap_at_netvigator.com)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 04:56:24 +0800

Had already spending 4 nights on the Debian Linux installation. Can anyone
please help me on this?

I'm trying to install Debian Linux on my powerbook G4, after reading almost
the whole installation menu, i finally understand I need to run boot the CD
by using the OpenFirmware. i had also spilit the partitions, 1 for linux, 2
for mac, and 3 for exchange file. ok, i follow all the procedures, and now i
stuck on the hard disk issue.

The installation program cant find any hard disk when i select "partition a
hard disk"!
so i tried initialize a linux partition, and it said " no ext2 partitions
that had not already been mounted were detected."

almost my hair were pulled off and i still cant figure out why...

H E L P !!!

Pumpkin

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