Re: [MacPerl-Forum] MacPerl Forum - partitioning hard drive for MacOS&linuxppc

[Geoffrey C Kinnel <kinnelg@bms.com>]

Elton Hughes wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a question about partitioning my hard drive. I want to partition
> so that both MacOS and linuxppc are on the same hd. At a minimum I think
> I need three partitions. One for the MacOS, another for swap and a third
> for root. Has anyone used a different partition scheme? What are your
> experiences and suggestions?
> 
> I have a 4gig hd. I was thinking of using 2.5 for the MacOS, 50mb for
> swap and the remainder for linuxppc. Sound good? Yes, no, maybe?
> 
I suppose this is vaguely perl related, since the linuxppc X
based installer uses perl. :)

You will find many different partitioning schemes in use out
there. What you have proposed is one way to do it, and should
work fine. You may find the some folks believe you should
separate your partitions for easy recovery if one should fail. 

I will mention the standard caveats: partitioning a hard drive
will destroy data. Make a full backup, and verify that it works,
before doing anything. There are tools that can resize partitions
non-destructively (FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit) but you have to know
what you are doing. Make a backup.

Hope that helps,
Geoff

p.s. Make a full backup, and verify that it works. Really.

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