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OK, mu iBook G4 has 12Gb of available space and I want to allocate 8Gb of that to GNU/Linux Debian as a genuine PPC install, dual boot. (I'm fed up of not having the usual tools available via OSX but don't want to ditch OSX completely.) I haven't got the Mac OSX CDROM - I've only got a rescue disc that doesn't include the partition tools in a form that can be used when the disc is unmounted (i.e. when booted from the rescue disc). I have got two Debian install CD's, the pre-rc2: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ (for powerpc) and http://seb.france.free.fr/linux/ibookG4/iBookG4-howto.html http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/boot-new-powermac-xfs.iso pre-rc2 allows me to use free space already available or wipe OSX off the system completely. xfs allows me more control but uses cryptic commands that don't offer any help or assistance. It doesn't, e.g., show how an existing partition should be resized. Is it possible to resize an existing OSX install with GNU/Linux tools? The howto seems to recommend blitzing the drive and re-installed OSX. This isn't really open to me, unless I can find a genuine OSX install CD. Hey ho, I thought I'd left all this pre-installed rescue only rubbish behind! Maybe I will give Debian the full 30Gb. OSX does seem to take a HUGE amount of space for no reason. It's a 14Gb install - Debian fits in well under 4Gb, even with X. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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