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Re: G3 iMac Rev. B install pointers?



Incoming from Sven Luther:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 03:24:29PM -0600, s. keeling wrote:
> > Incoming from Jack Malmostoso:
> > > Ciao s. keeling, nel tuo messaggio dicevi:
> > > 
> > > > This is a stand-alone iMac on a cable modem.  I just want to install
> > > > sarge onto it, preferably alongside MacOS 8.x, but I'd be satisfied
> > > 
> > > Well, I guess you should first partition your HD if you want to keep both
> > 
> > Will tools on netinst do this (parted?), or do I need to find
> > something more exotic/Mac specific?
> 
> It should be able to do this. I don't think it can resize your HFS partition
> though, so best do this beforehand, and leave freespace, which d-i will
> automatically recognize and use.

Pardon my Mac ignorance, but what do I need to resize HFS?  Can it be
done or is this a wipe+partition+reinstall job?


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