On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 08:05, Tomas Taylor wrote: > Eric, > > Yes, I do want to dual boot from a PowerBook G4. Doesn't Mandrake > Linux require contiguous blocks to load into? Or is it magic enough > to pick random blocks to load into? > > Eric Huff wrote: > > > > A few days ago I ordered Linux for PPC 9.1 and Norton's Utilities > > > > 8.0 > > > > My plan is to split the 40GB hard drive on my PowerBook G4 into > > > > equal > > > > partitions. > > > > > > > > > > > You have no reason to defrag a linux file system. Send Norton back. > > > > > I htink maybe he wants to dual boot with the mac os? > > Does that need defragged?
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