Re: Partitioning for X/9/Linux

On Jul 8, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Michael Moore wrote:
>
> You need to make the partitions with an Apple disk. I prefer OSX's 
> partition manager
>
> 1. Boot OSX installer, partition in three:
> 	1) Boot strap + swap + Gentoo space (format as "free space" or 
> something like that)
> 	2) OS 9 space
> 	3) OS X space
>
> 2. Once it's partitioned, you can install in any order you want.
>
> n. Install Gentoo - The Gentoo installer will run you through 
> splitting up the free space into bootstrap/swap/disk space

I can confirn this: the key is getting the bootstrap and swap 
partitions in place. After that, the relative locations of the 
operating systems themselves don't matter a lot, at least on modern 
machines.

I've also successfully used the Gentoo instructions to do the job, 
partitioning with mac-fdisk, and following pretty much the same 
partition layout. It should also be noted that if you hold down the 
option key during the boot process, all of the bootable partitions will 
show up and you can pick the one you want.

One final thing: there is a limit on the size of the bootable partition 
on a Lombard (it needs to occur within the first 8 GB of you disk). I 
*think* using yaboot in a tiny boot partition will get around this, but 
I don't have a machine of that vintage with a big enough disk to try 
it.

  --- Joe M.

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