Well, if you have suggestions for mac-fdisk or whatever, you should
file a wishlist bug against it.
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:52:05PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > partitions, except in sparc land, and mac-fdisk probably won't let
> > > you anyway, so what's the dileo? If it was just a little bit more
> > > annoying I'd go change it myself. Time for a nap instead, I think.
> > >
> >
> >
> > partitions, except in sparc land, and mac-fdisk probably won't let
> > you anyway, so what's the dileo? If it was just a little bit more
> > annoying I'd go change it myself. Time for a nap instead, I think.
> >
>
> There are aliases that you can use for the begining number and length.
> The
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 04:23:18PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
> frtfm I surely should/should have done, but I wasn't able to connect
> to the www at the time. Being allowed to set the starting block
> isn't the issue, it's having to actually use one's brain to do the
> math of adding the start
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:36:40PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > > ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is
> > > that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you
> > >
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > > mac-fdisk is no longer broken, lets not fix it until it is.
> >
> > I had occassion to experience the broken mac-fdisk not too long
> > ago. It wasn't all that catastrophic, was it? I don't need to be
> >
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:36:40PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is
> > that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you
> > having to do the math yourself a
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > mac-fdisk is no longer broken, lets not fix it until it is.
>
> I had occassion to experience the broken mac-fdisk not too long
> ago. It wasn't all that catastrophic, was it? I don't need to be
> Einstein to realize that my 9.1gi
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is
> that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you
> having to do the math yourself all the time, especially the
> "beginning block" argument. Most peop
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:21:54PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure he corrected bugs on handling of ATA (IDE) disks also, and
>
> mac-fdisk in woody works perfectly with ata disks now that the `i'
> command is fixed.
>
> > other refinements like going
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:21:54PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure he corrected bugs on handling of ATA (IDE) disks also, and
mac-fdisk in woody works perfectly with ata disks now that the `i'
command is fixed.
> other refinements like going to a two-level command scheme (first
>> > 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
Hi Ben,
On 25 Jun, this message from Benjamin Herrenschmidt echoed through cyberspace:
>>I had tried your guide too, Ethan, but it didnt work the same way Ron
>>describes it here (on a TiBook).
>>
>>I had first tried with a pure bootp server, since OF should fall back to
>>using bootp if DHCP did
> > 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 th
On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Ethan Benson wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 05:04:30PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> > Is there something wrong with tcpdump? Many open source packages
> > out there that can analyse/summarize tcpdump output very nicely for
> > all kinds of things. That would be a lot easier
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 05:04:30PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
> Doesn't the current dhcpd-2.2 that comes with potato support both
> (dhcp/bootp) simultaneously?
some dhcp servers do, yes, thats that brad tells me. i don't use dhcp
so ive never tested.
> Is there something wrong with tcpdump
Ethan Benson wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:14:04PM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote:
> > >
> > > http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/netboot.shtml
> >
> > I had tried your guide too, Ethan, but it didnt work the same way Ron
> > describes it here (on a TiBook).
> >
> > I had first tried with a p
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:14:04PM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote:
> >
> > http://penguinppc.org/usr/ybin/doc/netboot.shtml
>
> I had tried your guide too, Ethan, but it didnt work the same way Ron
> describes it here (on a TiBook).
>
> I had first tried with a pure bootp server, since OF should fa
>I had tried your guide too, Ethan, but it didnt work the same way Ron
>describes it here (on a TiBook).
>
>I had first tried with a pure bootp server, since OF should fall back to
>using bootp if DHCP didn't work. No dice...
>
>I then tried with a dhcp server, for which I got the same log entries
On 24 Jun, this message from Ethan Benson echoed through cyberspace:
> On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:08:47PM -0700, Ron Golan wrote:
>> I've tried net booting too. While using bootp, I get an
>> "Unknown DHCP Request (8)" in the server's logs and when using dhcpd,
>> I get "DHCPInform from ..." in th
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 04:13:56AM +, Michael Blakeley wrote:
> 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.
wrong, pdisk is a pile of crap, parted is far sup
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:08:47PM -0700, Ron Golan wrote:
>
> My problems begin with the fact that I can't find any tools from Apple
> to repartition the disk. Neither the included Mac OS X CD or the
> Software Restore CD have HD Setup. What does Apple use these days to
> partition drives? I want
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Golan) wrote:
> I didn't realize that getting Debian onto this iBook would be so
> difficult. I hope someone on this list has some clues to help
> me. First I have to ask if anyone knows of anyone installing Debian on
> one of these things?
I didn't realize that getting Debian onto this iBook would be so
difficult. I hope someone on this list has some clues to help
me. First I have to ask if anyone knows of anyone installing Debian on
one of these things?
My problems begin with the fact that I can't find any tools from Apple
to repa
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