--- Roland Wegmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I will ask you, if somebody have some experience about the compatibility of > mac-fdisk and the tool you use in MacOS X to set partitions (I don't know the > > tools name). > > I have upgraded my OS X to Jaguar and now I have not enough space for > additional software in the application folder. But there is a old MacOS 9 > partition I doesn't use anymore. And now I ask myself, if I can use > mac-fdisk to rearrange my current MacOS X partition and my old MacOS 9 to a > single Mac OS X partition, in a way that my current Woody partition isn't > affected. > > Another question is: Does Jaguar work on a partition made by mac-fdisk? > > All your hints and thoughts would be appreciated!! > > Kind regards > > Roland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
The short answer is yes: Jaguar will work on an HFS+ or UFS partition. (AFAIK, OS 10.x will work on either HFS+ or UFS partitions, and OS 9 will work on either HFS or HFS+ partitions.) Either mac-fdisk or Disk Utility (the OS X disk partitioning tool) can be used to make these (it's not the tool you use that matters as much as the type, size, and order of partitions.) However, have caution: it's not that simple. The mac-fdisk tutorial at http://penguinppc.org/projects/yaboot/doc/mac-fdisk-basics.shtml outlines some of the considerations. Also, backup the entire drive. John Lubotsky http://www.johnlubotsky.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com
