On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 07:30:34AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:28:48AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:05:20AM -0800, Ant wrote: > > > According to > > > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch03s05.html.en and > > > https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC/FAQ#How_do_I_partition_my_hard_drive.3F > > > web pages, I can't resize my HDD's current default HFS drive into two > > > partitions. I have to redo the HDD's partition setup to dual boot. > > > > > > Am I correct? If so, then I thought Debian installer could resize > > > existing the drive like with Windows in IBM PCs. :( > > > > > > Thank you in advance. :) > > > > I suspect the safe and simple option is to use mac os to shrink the > > current HFS partition first. > > In the installed v10.2.8's Disk Utility app, it wouldn't let me. In its > bootable DVD's v10.2.1's Disk Utility, it said it would have to erase my > volumes (delete everything)? Is that how it is supposed to happen?
No idea. I just saw that you were supposed to be able to resize HFS partitions in the disk utility. Apparently resize is a feature that requires 10.5 or higher, so your extremely ancient version won't help you. -- Len Sorensen
