Re: Partitioning?
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:22:47PM -0000, Ian Rutson wrote:
> I have been given a Beige Mac G3/233/96Mb/4Gb
>
> I would like to use Linux and Mac OS dual boot on it.
>
> I have installed Debian Woody on a 2nd 200Mb hard drive to check everything
> is Ok and it works well. But I would like to give Linux some more space.
>
> Is there any way to split the 4Gb main drive in half and allocate 2gb to Mac
> OS and 2 gb to Linux?
>
> I do not have the MAC OS 8.1 system disk. I have borrowed a copy of 9.1 but
> I can't persuade it to boot. I have tried holding down 'c' and selecting
> the CDROM as the startup disk.
>
> Are there any non destructive partitioners for Mac like Partition Magic for
> PC?
Yes, and that's about your only option if you can't back
up what's there. (The tools will not guarantee success
either, you _should_ have a backup in any case).
Hard Disk Toolkit will shrink the partition.
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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