Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote:
> > According to
> > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and
> > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F
> > web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two
> > partitions. I have to redo the HDD's partition setup to dual boot.
> >
> > Am I correct? If so, then I thought Debian installer could resize
> > existing the drive like with Windows in IBM PCs. :(
> >
> > Thank you in advance. :)
>
> I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the
> current HFS partition first.
In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its
bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my
volumes (delete everything)? Is that how it is supposed to happen?
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