Could you please specifically ask him asap what the story is with non-destructive repartitioning. I suspect dual booting will be requested (well one has mentioned it specifically in fact)
I have seen one comment that the mac os X cd will non destructively shift and shrink a partition. We need to confirm that. On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:57:37 +1200 Zane Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > Posting this to the both lists in an effort to catch the right people. > > > > There are at least two registrations for Mac's at the installfest. This > > brings to mind two things: > > > > 1. Who has experience with installing on a mac? Your experience would be > > valued. > > I just spoken to one of the Campus Mac Gurus and he has agreed to come > to help out where he can. > > He is a Mac expert and a programmer. He knows a little about Linux (he > took Chris Sawtell's course) but he admits that he is not a Linux expert. > So between us and him we could be OK. > > > > > 2. What distro? Yellowdog, Mandrake, Debian and Gentoo are known to have > > ppc versions. Gentoo is probably out for logistical reasons. Debian has > > been discounted for the x86 installs and the same may go for ppc, I do > > not know. Google on suse ppc reveals that there may be such a beast but > > i can't find out much about it, let alone a download source. > > Unfortunately he doesn't know much about PPC distro's either... > > > > -- > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, > University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha > Private Bag 4800, > Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
