>: >
>: > As far as I know Macs accept and format HD's if there's
>: > no information in the mbr, so there's one solution:
>: > # dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/hdX bs=512 count=1
>: >
>: > correct me if I'm wrong, please.
>:
>: you would want /dev/zero, not /dev/null. but MacOS should be able to
>: read msdos partition tables, if you have PC Exchange installed. i
>: have done this before... (it has to have an ordinary FAT partition on
>: it however, no other filesystem is supported).
I've had it in an external pcmcia enclosure (msdos table and one
fat32 (type 0B) partition), and the pismo freezed (don't know whether it
had PC Exchange installed). The partitiontable was completly down
and out afterwards..
>:
>: > My question regarding parted is whether it's possible
>: > to write an Apple partion map on the HD when it's not
>: > in an Apple but a i86 notebook or desktop.
>:
>: yes, but MacOS will still not accept the disk because it won't have
>: the proprietary Apple disk drivers on it.
>:
but MacOS CDs will install the drivers if I start the PB with the
MacOS CD and a blank HDD (full of 0s)?
remember the HDD is for a non-pci 5300, no debian at all..
thanks for your hints.
Claus
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