Resize partition for Linux without Mac OS cd

From: Francois M (merguez99_at_yahoo.fr)
Date: 12/22/04

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    Hi,

    I got an old G3 Powerbook 300 MHz (old world) from a friend running Mac
    Os 8.6 but without any CD. I'm trying to install Yellow Dog 4.0 on it, I
    managed to launch the YDL setup by using a kernel file posted on the YLD
    board website. However, YLD doesnt seem to allow me to resize my
    existing partition and create a new one, and I didn't find any free tool
    for doing that. Actually I don't care about my Mac OS partition, but I
    read that I need t keep it because an old world powerbook cant run
    another OS on its own.

    Do you know if there is a way for me to get the partition tool from the
    Mac OS system cd or another one?

    I tried to install Mandrake 10.1 which is supposed to have a partition
    utility but the installer always crash. I'm a bit desperate about using
    Linux on this laptop...

    Thanks a lot for your help.
    Francois

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