Re: Duh! B) Re: Problems installing Mandrake on a G4 mac

From: C Lund (clund_at_notam02SPAMBLOCK.no)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:38:49 +0100

In article <Xns95BFEACB971Aemteedee@130.133.1.4>,
 Mike Dee <emteedee@optushome.com.au> wrote:
> C Lund <clund@notam02SPAMBLOCK.no> wrote in news:clund-
> F1D251.12280313122004@amstwist00.chello.com:
> > Should I just choose hda15 and move on? Will I also be asked to
> > selected partitions for usr and so on?
> No.

"No I should not just choose hda15" or "no I will not be asked ..."?

> Reformat your drive for normal Mac use and leave space for Linux [your
> spare 19GB] at the end of the drive as Free [not formatted]. Reinstall
> your Mac stuff.

That would pretty much leave me with the setup I currently have on the
HD in question (the second HD is a different matter, but I don't want
the Mandrake installer anywhere near it). My Linux partition is last
on the partition list, so I assume it's at the end of my drive ...?

However, how do I leave space as "free"? Disk Utility gives me three
options:

Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Mac OS Extended
UNIX File System

The Linux partition is currently set to "UNIX File System".

> Go through this online demo [it's dated but useful]
> <http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/PPC/Install/>

> Don't be hasty clicking through the links, some of the pages are
> animated and have extra info. Once you get to page 14 [they're all very
> brief] make sure you click onto the *red underlined* 'Recommended" and
> 'Expert' links to continue the demo. DrakX no longer looks like it does
> in the demo, but there is still some [very] useful newbie info to be
> had.

Certainly. But the problem is that when I come to

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/demos/PPC/Install/Reco/pages/

(page 2 in the recommended install)

the partitioning options diverge from those in the text-only
installer, which I have to use because of video-incompatibilities or
something. The only options I have are "Erase entire disk" and "Custom
disk partitioning". "Use free space" and "Use existing partition" are
not present.

BTW: There's a more updated version (10.1) of the guide here:

http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/100/en/Starter.html/drakx.ht
ml

> dee 

-- 
C Lund, www.notam02.no/~clund

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