Re: Partitioning hd on Dual G4 with pdisk
> I'm trying to find the way to install LinuxPPC or Debian on this machine, so
> first of all I've to format one partition with pdisk.
> But here is its output:
>
> Top level command (? for help): L
> ATAPI - unit not ready
> pdisk: can't open file '/dev/ata0.0'
> ATA - couldn't get info
> pdisk: can't open file '/dev/ata0.1'
> ATA - couldn't get info
> pdisk: can't open file '/dev/ata1.0'
> ATA - couldn't get info
> pdisk: can't open file '/dev/ata1.1'
How about just using Drive Setup to reserve some space for Linux, and
partition from the Debian installer? Apple may have changed the disk API
in MacOS 9, and the MacOS version of pdisk may well predate OS 9.
Michael
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