Subject: Re: questions about mac partitions...
From: Ryan Mesler (kraylus@airmail.net)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2002 - 16:13:33 MST
well, right now... i had drive setup just initialize the WHOLE disk as one
big HFS partition for macOS 9.1. i didnt realize i couldnt resize partitions
without destroying data til afterwards.
which means i might as well format it again (initialize) since theres
nothing on it at the moment. im guessin ill just make a 10gb partition for
the macOS and a another one for linux (plus the two swaps partitions).
if anyone knows why my modem wouldnt be working in linux, i'd love to have
some light shed for me on that... (iMac internal modem). tried using both
the 2.2.19 kernel and the 2.4.12 kernel from ppckernel.org (specialized
kernel for my machine). in the 2.2.19 kernel nothing happens. the dmesg
shows the modem and the modem name and the port its on, but when i send an
ATZ to the modem, it won't respond with "OK".
in 2.4.12 (i think that was the number), the modem would respond to the
intial ATZ, but nothing else. and i could hear it click through my speakers!
if i can get my modem going.. *drools* ...i'd be sooo happy.
R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
Call me Kray
If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
ICQ: 45088864
AIM: Kraylus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Peters" <ppeters914@attbi.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>; <kraylus@airmail.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:34 PM
Subject: RE: questions about mac partitions...
> Kray,
>
> You can use Drive Setup to make your partitions, but you cannot use it to
> resize existing partitions like Partition Magic on Intel PCs. Drive Setup
> does the equivalent of FDISK and FORMAT, which is called PARTITION AND
> INITIALIZE on the Mac.
>
> That said, I think I remember some brave folks using pdisk to repartition
> their non-MacOS partitions. Scary stuff. Make sure you have anything you
> want to keep backed up before you try that. You also didn't tell us how
your
> hard drive is currently partitioned. It might be fine as it is.
>
> And, of course, did you search the archives? Probably a million hits (and
> opinions, lol) on how-to partition one's hard drive. Having two 2GB
drives,
> it's a no-brainer for me; one HFS for MacOS, the other / and swap for YDL.
>
> Looking forward to hearing more on your MacSlack Project. Keep us
> posted......
>
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Mesler [mailto:kraylus@airmail.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:15 PM
> To: YDL Mail List
> Subject: questions about mac partitions...
>
>
> ok, im new to this as most of you may already know. im slowly but surely
> learning how the mac hardware works.
>
> what i originally did (since i was too lazy to learn) was have the YDL
> install wipe my HD and i created the partitions it said to in the manual.
> however, once i realized the my freakin modem didn't want to work, i was
> forced to switch back to macOS until i could fix that.
>
> i've decided to dual-boot as i can still work on things that way. is there
a
> certain way the partitions need to be set? it's a 20gb HD on the
mid-summer
> 2001 iMacs (indigo 500MHz, 192mb ram).
>
> can i use drive setup to make custom partitions? i didnt see an option for
> that. if i resize an existing partition will it erase the date thats on
it?
> i know that most partition progs i worked with on PCs didnt, but ive heard
> different things for macs.
>
> thanks all,
>
> R.L. Mesler <Kraylus>
> Call me Kray
>
> If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0
>
> ICQ: 45088864
> AIM: Kraylus
>
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