Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 07:38:47PM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 11:07:23AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > > > since I didn't have a bl

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 11:07:23AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > I downloaded, burned, and booted > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/l

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 06:54:23AM -0800, PhiLLip Pi wrote: > I downloaded, burned, and booted > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-desktop-powerpc.iso > > since I didn't have a blank DVD to use for the bigger and newer > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/t

Re: Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread PhiLLip Pi
On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 02:16:23PM +0100, Martin Hřebec wrote: ... > > Alternatively, linux’s parted utility can resize hfs+ filesystems if > > they are not journaled. You can use an old ubuntu ppc live cd to do > > this. That’s what i did when I install linux on ppc first. See > >

Fwd: Re: Newbie trying to install Debian PPC into an old 15" PowerBook G4...

2017-03-03 Thread Martin Hřebec
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 >>>