On 25/11/06, Andy Szekely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting a new iMac in the next several months. Does Boot Camp allow me > to resize my HFS+ partition an install a linux distro without have to start > OS X from scratch. I would ideally like to get everything up and running > fully in OS X before I start to mess around with Linux on the new system.
You do not need Boot Camp to install Linux or resize your disk. You can resize any partition (and not just one as limited by Boot Camp) by using the Mac OS X command line tool "diskutil resizeVolume". For example see [1] or "man diskutil". If you do not repartition the disk yourself before installing Mac OS X and then have the default partitioning you could use Boot Camp to resize an existing system (without having to reinstall Mac OS X). So in your case you can use either Boot Camp or diskutil resizeVolume. Bye, [1] http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/cli/nondestructively_resizing_volumes -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
