Tim, The partitions look good except you don't need the swap. I would get rid of the swap. If you decide to install Linux I would get another hard disk and put it there. All these partitions should be HFS+. I believe you should be ok now. I hope this works for you. Don't use the autoselect.
>Thanks, Larry. Guess I forgot a few details. I did set the 40GB as >master. I think there's also an autoselect setting that I may try >if nothing else works. I have zapped the PRAM and reset the cuda >(Apple's advice). > >My partitioning was something like this: >7.95 OSX >5 OS9 >19.3 storage (I'll probably mount home here) >5 free (for Linux or BSD or something) >.25 swap > >Seems that I can have a maximum of 8 partitions, and since I'm >planning on 4 in the free area, there I am. The problem with the OS >X tool was that it kept resizing partitions 1-7 when I would try to >resize 8, etc, and it didn't seem to allow partitions smaller than >about 3GB (my swap part). I ended up doing the partitioning by >booting off my original system CD (8.1) to use Drive Setup. All the >tools seem to combine adjacent free space though. :( I could >probably make them HFS+ format and change that during *nix >installation or with pdisk. > >I've had a couple messages now that say install OS 9 first and then >OS X. Maybe that's the answer? I will also try making the OS X >part a bit smaller and removing unneeded languages during the Jag >install. > >Tim -- Larry Blodgett Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
