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On Jul 8, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Michael Moore wrote: |
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> You need to make the partitions with an Apple disk. I prefer OSX's |
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> partition manager |
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> 1. Boot OSX installer, partition in three: |
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> 1) Boot strap + swap + Gentoo space (format as "free space" or |
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> something like that) |
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> 2) OS 9 space |
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> 3) OS X space |
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> 2. Once it's partitioned, you can install in any order you want. |
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> n. Install Gentoo - The Gentoo installer will run you through |
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> splitting up the free space into bootstrap/swap/disk space |
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I can confirn this: the key is getting the bootstrap and swap |
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partitions in place. After that, the relative locations of the |
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operating systems themselves don't matter a lot, at least on modern |
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machines. |
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I've also successfully used the Gentoo instructions to do the job, |
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partitioning with mac-fdisk, and following pretty much the same |
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partition layout. It should also be noted that if you hold down the |
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option key during the boot process, all of the bootable partitions will |
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show up and you can pick the one you want. |
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One final thing: there is a limit on the size of the bootable partition |
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on a Lombard (it needs to occur within the first 8 GB of you disk). I |
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*think* using yaboot in a tiny boot partition will get around this, but |
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I don't have a machine of that vintage with a big enough disk to try |
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it. |
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--- Joe M. |
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