I just checked 'linuxmafia' website, they say that pdisk is an 'awful' program from the user point of view. Use at your own risk - you can delete drivers all too easily making the disk invisible, etc. www.linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/macos/pdisk.html Cheers George
--- Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >How about downloading a boot floppy from one of the > PPC linux distributions > >and using pdisk or something similar? > > > >LinuxPPC seems dead but yellow dog might have > something on their site. > > > >I'm not a linux-on-mac guy though, it might be that > there isn't a boot disk > >that will work on the 5300. But that would save you > finding/buying a > >connector. > > > >Maybe one of the Mac-linux guys will let me know if > this won't work. > > > >Brian > > Hey, good idea! > > Unfortunately, old world Macs can't boot linux from > a floppy without > some serious voodoo. I don't know of any distros > that actually > distribute a boot floppy. The conventional way to > boot linux is to > load the ramdisk from your hard drive... sigh, > catch-22 > > Still, pdisk is a Mac OS port of Fdisk, and boy is > it powerful. It > just might be possible to boot the PowerBook from a > 2nd drive > (floppy, CD, external HD, etc) and run pdisk... > Wish I had thought > of this months earlier - I also have a 500MB drive > for a 5300 that is > protected with Norton DiskLock and haven't been able > to find a way to > reformat it. > > When I've got some time, I'll dig out my copy of > pdisk and set up the > 5300 to see what I can do. ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
