Re: Proper partitioning

2009-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:10:12PM +0800, Jason Hsu wrote: What are the appropriate partitions for using Debian on a PowerPC? So far, my partitioning experience has been limited to Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux on a PC. Does a PowerPC require certain things that a PC does not? Don't know

Re: Proper partitioning

2009-08-20 Thread Chris Bigguy
: Proper partitioning To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 10:10 AM What are the appropriate partitions for using Debian on a PowerPC?  So far, my partitioning experience has been limited to Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux on a PC.  Does a PowerPC require certain

Re: Proper partitioning

2009-08-20 Thread Rogério Brito
On Aug 19 2009, Jason Hsu wrote: What are the appropriate partitions for using Debian on a PowerPC? What powerpc do you have in mind? The partitioning scheme differs regarding the bootloader that you are using. If you are using uBoot, then a simple partition scheme like the old PC scheme works

Re: Proper partitioning

2009-08-20 Thread Geoff Levand
Hi, On 08/19/2009 07:10 AM, Jason Hsu wrote: What are the appropriate partitions for using Debian on a PowerPC? So far, my partitioning experience has been limited to Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux on a PC. Does a PowerPC require certain things that a PC does not? What partitions are

Re: Proper partitioning

2009-08-20 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 01:40:31PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: What partitions are you using on your PowerPC? --- # /sbin/mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda /dev/hda #type name length base ( size

Proper partitioning

2009-08-19 Thread Jason Hsu
What are the appropriate partitions for using Debian on a PowerPC? So far, my partitioning experience has been limited to Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux on a PC. Does a PowerPC require certain things that a PC does not? What partitions are you using on your PowerPC? -- Jason Hsu