Subject: RE: using pdisk live
From: Blottman John B III NPRI (BlottmanJB@Npt.NUWC.Navy.Mil)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 05:27:24 MST
Hi Paul,
If you are currently running with BootX, then the kernel is on that mac
partition that you now want to shrink. Although the kernel gets loaded into
memory, if anything disrupts your pdisk/yaboot activities, I see problems.
Better to work off the installer CD/ramdisk, or even partition with the mac
rescue disk.
> ----------
> From: Paul J. Lucas
> Reply To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:33 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: using pdisk live
>
> I've concluded that in order to migrate to yaboot, I need a
> boostrap partition (I think). The only way I can get one,
> however, is to "carve out" an 800K piece of my MacOS partition.
> I backed up the MacOS partition and now I'm wondering if it's
> OK to run pdisk as root and redo the MacOS partition by
> splitting it in two on the "live" disk I'm currently booted
> into Linux from (/dev/hda).
>
> I would think that, since I'm not touching any Linux paritions,
> this should be OK, but I'd like to make absolutely sure. Any
> reason I shouldn't do it this way? Or should I instead boot
> into the rescue RAMdisk image and do it?
>
> - Paul
>
> John Blottman
> Naval Undersea Warfare Center
> Division Newport
> Code 2131
> 1176 Howell Street
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