Yellow Dog Linux Enhancement Announcement
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Package:	pdisk  
Issue Date:	Apr 30,2003   
Priority:	low
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20030430-1


1. 	Topic:

	Updated version of the 'pdisk' partition utility is available.


2. 	Problem:
	
	Anaconda, the new installer technology used by Yellow Dog Linux 3.0,
	contains a bug that may prevent Mac OS X from booting. This bug only
	occurs on systems containing more than one hard drive. The bug toggles
	a 'boot flag' on the first partition of any drive(s) on which an
	Apple_Bootstrap partition was not created during installation.
	Apple_Bootstrap partitions are used by Yellow Dog Linux for the yaboot
	bootloader software. On Apple systems, the first partition represents
	the drive's partition map itself. Thus, the bug prevents OS X from
	booting because of a sanity check performed on the partition map.

	Users are advised to upgrade to the updated version of the 'pdisk' 
	partition utility.
	

3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via apt...
   	We suggest that you use the apt-get program to keep your
   	system up-to-date. The following command(s) will retrieve
   	and install the fixed version of this update onto your system:

		apt-get pdisk  
		apt-get install pdisk  

   	b) Updating manually...
	Download the updates below and then run the following rpm command.
   	(Please use a mirror site)

		rpm -Fvh [filenames]
		Yellow Dog Linux 3.0
		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-3.0/
			ppc/pdisk-0.8-3a.ppc.rpm       
			

4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
[Yellow Dog Linux 3.0]
09eeafdeaf2cece02832ab05ca3bb4cb  SRPMS/pdisk-0.8-3a.src.rpm
600c033961c4e8010d4fbd15a5a5f6bf  ppc/pdisk-0.8-3a.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename>


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of apt-get, see:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/apt-get.shtml