Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 09:20:27PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote:
> > > > I downloaded, burned, and booted
> > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso
> > > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer
> > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/trusty/release/lubuntu-14.04.5-desktop-powerpc.iso
> > > > file. Maybe that's a good thing because v12.04 was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
> > > > slow as to be expected. :(
> > > >
> > > > Anyways, it took me a while to navigate since I don't use Ubuntu. I
> > > > managed to find Terminal with its Unity's hotkeys (ctrl+alt+T). I ran
> > > > "sudo gparted" command. I resized the free drive space in half. Now, we
> > > > wait...
> > >
> > > I hope it works.
> >
> > Nope, it failed pretty fast but I didn't have free time to research,
> > screen capture, upload, etc. for you guys due to a family emergency
> > (nothing serious). Now, I have time for now! GParted's details showed:
> >
> > GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
> >
> > Libparted 2.3
> >
> > Shrink /dev/sda5 from 55.89 GiB to 36.11 GiB 00:15:57 ( ERROR )
> >
> > calibrate /dev/sda5 00:00:04 ( SUCCESS )
> >
> > path: /dev/sda5
> > start: 704
> > end: 117,209,529
> > size: 117,208,826 (55.89 GiB)
> >
> > check file system on /dev/sda5 for errors and (if possible) fix
> > them ( N/A )
> >
> > checking is not available for this file system
> >
> > shrink file system 00:15:44 ( ERROR )
> >
> > using libparted
> >
> > libparted messages ( INFO )
> >
> > Input/output error during read on /dev/sda
> >
> > An error occurred during extent relocation.
> >
> > Data relocation has failed.
> >
> > Resizing the HFS+ volume has failed.
> >
> > ========================================
> >
> > Create Primary Partition #1 (unformatted, 19.78 GiB) on /dev/sda
> >
> >
> > I also managed to get a screen capture to share of the whole desktop
> > screen: https://i.imgur.com/vD5a7L7.png ... I hope those help? As you
> > can see, it failed in step 0! :( Maybe I am doing it wrong?
> >
> > Maybe I should try installing Ubuntu instead of Debian from this
> > bootable CD to see if it lets me resize and install if it comes with a
> > fancy GUI installer?
> >
> > Uh oh. I wonder if my HDD got hosed during this attempt. Scary! :/
>
> HDD is still OK. I did try to tell Ubuntu's liveCD's installer to resize
> the HFS+ partition, but it kept making 0 MB partitions. Argh. It never
> resizes! So weird.
I rebooted to Ubuntu's live CD, ran its installer, and tried to resize
HFS+ but somehow it wiped out my HFS+ (resized). Huh? Oh well. I give
up. I am doing an Ubuntu install of the whole drive. I wonder how slow
it will be after it is done. :(
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