>> > Software Restore CD have HD Setup. What does Apple use these days to >> > partition drives? I want to Dual boot Mac OS and Linux and thought it >> > would be better to create the new Mac OS partitions with an Apple >> > tool. >> >> http://www.cfcl.com/~eryk/linux/pdisk/ is pretty much the same as the >> 'mac-fdisk' built into the debian installer. There's no better partition >> editor for the mac, on any OS. > > Not quite correct, Eryk's version is 0.8 while mac-fdisk is based on 0.4. > Not sure what the differences are (other than he probably corrected the > bug resulting in miscalculated device sizes a lot sooner). > > Michael >
I'm pretty sure he corrected bugs on handling of ATA (IDE) disks also, and other refinements like going to a two-level command scheme (first choose/get info on disks, then choose/get info on partitions for the chosen disk). *----------------------------------------------------------------* | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | `. `'` | . oo Chris Tillman | | `- | ( -) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | *----------------"--"--------------------------------------------*
