On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:15:38AM -0700, A.J. Rossini wrote: > > Is there any means of reinstalling MacOS without removing Debian? (or > reformating the whole disk?) More importantly, is there any means of > installing OS 9 without nuking my Debian setup? I've currently got a > dual-boot setup, OS X and Debian, on an iBook2. > > Attempting to reinstall either MacOS 9 or MacOS X seem to fail, the > error given is that no disk/volume exists to do the install on. Which > makes no sense to me since I've got an HFS+ partition with OS X on > it. (well, I'm sure it does to the OS installer, sigh...). > > Suggestions? (other than to reinstall the whole computer, but I guess > that may be the only solution)? You can use "maconlinux" creating a file with "dd if=/dev/zero of=/opt/macos9.bin bs=1M count=1024". Then install the maconlinux using that file as the "file system" where you want to install MacOS9. I installed it without any major problem (well, the graphic driver of my ATI Mobility M6 /ibook2 700MHz/ is not fully supported). J -- Jesus Climent | Unix System Admin | Helsinki, Finland. http://www.HispaLinux.es/~data/ | data.pandacrew.org ------------------------------------------------------ Please, encrypt mail address to me: GnuPG ID: 86946D69 FP: BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 ------------------------------------------------------ Registered Linux user #66350 Debian 3.0 & Linux 2.4.19 Personal note: When I was little my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so when I was six I did. --Maximillian Cohen (Pi)
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