Newbie partitioning question

From: Axd238 (axd238_at_aol.com)
Date: 08/02/03

  • Next message: Lars Grobe: "Installing Mac OS 9 on linux (MOL) with disk image file" 
    Date: 02 Aug 2003 18:52:14 GMT

    I want to install Debian linux on my iBook that is running Mac OS 9 which I'd
    like to keep. I already have a placeholder partition for linux that comes
    before the Mac OS partition.
    According to yaboot-howto, one has to create a bootstrap partition and make it
    partition #2. It's also implied that the main linux partition is #3. Which can
    easily be done in mac-fdisk, I guess.
    But, what about all those multiple driver and patch partitions that come right
    after the map? In my case these are partitions ## 2-8.
    I mean, do they matter?
    If I make the boostrap #2, might it mess anything up with my MacOS?
    I would hate not to be able to boot into MacOS at all after that like that
    previous newbie with imac.
    Thanks
    Alex

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