> Le 2 mars 2017 à 16:37, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Hi, > > On Thu, 2 Mar 2017, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > >>> I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the >>> current HFS partition first. >> >> In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its >> bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my >> volumes (delete everything)? Is that how it is supposed to happen? > > No. But if I'm correct, only the Disk Utility in OSX 10.5 and newer > supports true volume resize, without erasing the contents. (Fix me?) > > 10.5.8 was the last version for PowerPC. But sadly it might not work on > really old PowerBooks. :/ So if you can do this or not might depend on > your machine's type, sadly. > > Charlie >
If 10.5.8 is not possible, you could always use a newer mac, plug the powerbook on it via firewire, boot it as a target volume (see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462 <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462>) and resize the disk using a newer Disk Utility. Alternatively, linux’s parted utility can resize hfs+ filesystems if they are not journaled. You can use an old ubuntu ppc live cd to do this. That’s what i did when I install linux on ppc first. See : https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2211127 <https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2211127> Hope this helps. Bertrand Dekoninck
