Re: Unbootable system: fdisk does not see partitions, but parted does

[Debarshi Ray]

> If this not the right list to post my problem, please tell me where I
> could find help.

This is indeed the correct place. Thanks for letting us know. :-)

> I have a Powerbook G4 dualboot with OSX and Ubuntu. OSX starts fine
> but if I select Ubuntu, yaboot starts it, but then it hangs at the
> Ubuntu splash screen (probably because the root partition is not
> found). I have done the following tests by booting from the ppcrcd
> live cd.

Which version of Ubuntu? More importantly which version of GNU Parted
are you using? You may get the Parted version by the following
command:
# parted --version

Thanks,
Debarshi
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