A/UX: How to Create a Bootable Partition with HD SC Setup


A/UX 2.0 installation onto an Apple 160MB hard drive fails with a "no valid
root partition" message. I used the "50% A/UX, 50% Macintosh OS" option
within HD SC Setup.

The "50% A/UX, 50% Macintosh OS" option creates a disk with half the space
in a Macintosh volume and the other half set up for a random A/UX file
system. These partitions are not suitable for a bootable A/UX system.

To reserve 80MB for the Macintosh operating system with the remaining space
for A/UX, follow these steps:

1) Bring up HD SC Setup, and select the standard A/UX Partition option.

2) Click the Custom button to do custom partitions.

3) Select the Macintosh Partition and delete it.

4) Click and drag the existing A/UX partitions closer to one another to
concentrate all the gray space (representing unallocated space on the
disk) at the bottom.

5) Create a new Macintosh partition; click in the gray space, select
Macintosh Volume as the partition type, and make the size equal to the
maximum available.

6) Click "Done" and quit HD SC Setup.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012