Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 06:17:36PM +0100, Bertrand Dekoninck wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> No. But if I'm correct, only the Disk Utility in OSX 10.5 and newer
> supports true volume resize, without erasing the contents. (Fix me?)
>
> 10.5.8 was the last version for PowerPC. But sadly it might not work on
> really old PowerBooks. :/ So if you can do this or not might depend on
> your machine's type, sadly.
>
> Charlie
>
> If 10.5.8 is not possible, you could always use a newer mac, plug the
> powerbook on it via firewire, boot it as a target volume
> (see [2]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462) and resize the disk
> using a newer Disk Utility.
> Alternatively, linux’s parted utility can resize hfs+ filesystems if they
> are not journaled. You can use an old ubuntu ppc live cd to do this.
> That’s what i did when I install linux on ppc first. See
> : [3]https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2211127
Good ideas. I will try that. I don't have a firewire cable. I do have
access 2008 and 2012 MacBook Pros. I will try the a Linux PPC LiveDisc.
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