On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 17:55, Gary Sandine wrote: > On Mon, 2003-04-07 at 09:17, florian wrote: > > why did you use the mac os x disk utility though? i mean, basically > > you should be able to just choose a partition from within the normal > > os x installer.. no? > > I did try making an HFS partition at the back of the drive (along with > the necessary bootstrap partition at the front), and OS X installer did > not find any partitions in which it could install itself. So, I then > tried leaving the space at the back of the drive unpartitioned, > intending to use the OS X disk utility (in the installer) to make an > HFS+ data partition. It did that, but it killed the Linux partitions in > the front of the drive, too.
arg! okay. you should have not done that. as far as i know the disk utility always claims the whole disk for itself.
