In answer to the partitioning, you can use iPartition to resize the HFS+ partition and not uninstall OS X. This tool is not free, however. Otherwise, you need to nuke OSX and reinstall it.
Cian On 10/08/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am getting a dual G5 Power Mac shortly. There would be plenty of room on > the hard drive (250 gig) for Yellow Dog Linux, but I've got some questions... > > 1. Does YDL really work on a dual G5? I seem to recall that it took a while > for it to work on a G5. > > 2. Would I need to, essentially, destroy everything that comes pre-installed > on the hard drive? In other words, would I need to boot from the OSX Cds, > erase the hard drive, re-partition, re-install (hopefully) everything from > Apple, then install YDL? I would be afraid that I would screw that up, and > not get either YDL OR OSX running. > > I'm wondering if it would be worth the effort. > > Thanks, > > RJ > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > http://YDL.net - The online community for Yellow Dog Linux users > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-newbie mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie > -- ------------------------- "We're busy running out of time" _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
