Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-07-02 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Well, if you have suggestions for mac-fdisk or whatever, you should file a wishlist bug against it. -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-28 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:52:05PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > partitions, except in sparc land, and mac-fdisk probably won't let > > > you anyway, so what's the dileo? If it was just a little bit more > > > annoying I'd go change it myself. Time for a nap instead, I think. > > > > > > >

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-28 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > partitions, except in sparc land, and mac-fdisk probably won't let > > you anyway, so what's the dileo? If it was just a little bit more > > annoying I'd go change it myself. Time for a nap instead, I think. > > > > There are aliases that you can use for the begining number and length. > The

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 04:23:18PM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > frtfm I surely should/should have done, but I wasn't able to connect > to the www at the time. Being allowed to set the starting block > isn't the issue, it's having to actually use one's brain to do the > math of adding the start

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Andrew Sharp
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:36:40PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is > > > that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you > >

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Andrew Sharp
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > mac-fdisk is no longer broken, lets not fix it until it is. > > > > I had occassion to experience the broken mac-fdisk not too long > > ago. It wasn't all that catastrophic, was it? I don't need to be >

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 03:36:40PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is > > that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you > > having to do the math yourself

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > mac-fdisk is no longer broken, lets not fix it until it is. > > I had occassion to experience the broken mac-fdisk not too long > ago. It wasn't all that catastrophic, was it? I don't need to be > Einstein to realize that my 9.1g

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:24:48AM -0700, Andrew Sharp wrote: > ~:^) One of those little things that just isn't annoying enough is > that it could so easily supply reasonable defaults without you > having to do the math yourself all the time, especially the > "beginning block" argument. Most peo

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Andrew Sharp
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:21:54PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > > I'm pretty sure he corrected bugs on handling of ATA (IDE) disks also, and > > mac-fdisk in woody works perfectly with ata disks now that the `i' > command is fixed. > > > other refinements like going

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-26 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 09:21:54PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > I'm pretty sure he corrected bugs on handling of ATA (IDE) disks also, and mac-fdisk in woody works perfectly with ata disks now that the `i' command is fixed. > other refinements like going to a two-level command scheme (firs

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-25 Thread Chris Tillman
>> > Software Restore CD have HD Setup. What does Apple use these days to >> > partition drives? I want to Dual boot Mac OS and Linux and thought it >> > would be better to create the new Mac OS partitions with an Apple >> > tool. >> >> http://www.cfcl.com/~eryk/linux/pdisk/ is pretty much the sam

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-24 Thread Ron Golan
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 08:10:47AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > * Ron Golan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010624 07:52]: > > I didn't realize that getting Debian onto this iBook would be so > > difficult. I hope someone on this list has some clues to help > > me. First I have to ask if anyone knows of

Re: Problems installing on new iBook dual USB

2001-06-24 Thread tillman
* Ron Golan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010624 07:52]: > I didn't realize that getting Debian onto this iBook would be so > difficult. I hope someone on this list has some clues to help > me. First I have to ask if anyone knows of anyone installing Debian on > one of these things? It sounds to me like