[iBook] 8GB first partition limit for iBook Rev A? (Clamshell)

[Angus Wallace]

Hey Michelle,

Can't answer your qn..

..but have you looked at Ubuntu? AFAIK, it's based on Debian, but has  
all recent packages.. might be worth checking out. Also has a live CD  
for ppc, which is a nice little toy ;-)

btw, if you use Maconlinux could you let me know how it goes? (I  
never got me arse in gear there..)

Nice to see that Linux nerds using Macs isn't just a phenomenon in my  
post grad lab ;-)

take it easy,
-Gus

On 17/05/2005, at 2:26 PM, Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

> Well folks, I'm going to be sending my iBook to Wegener Media in  
> about a week.
> I need to know something so I can give the Wegener folks intelligent
> instructions.
>
> Does the Clamshell iBook have the notorious 8GB limit that Beige  
> G3s and
> Wallstreet PowerBooks have? Mine is the original recipe (Rev A)  
> machine.
>
> I want to know if I can split the HD into two partitions: one for  
> MacOS X
> Panther (30GB) and one unformatted partition for Debian Linux PPC,  
> and still
> be able to boot into either OS. Or will I have to set up boot  
> partitions at
> the head of the HD for both Panther and Linux?
>
> Please let me know, thanks!
>
> Michelle
>
> PS: If I'm running Panther wtf am I also running Linux? Well, I was  
> only
> expecting to put a 20GB hard drive in this machine and now it looks  
> like I
> can get a 40GB drive for the same price. So I can think of having a  
> Linux
> partition:
> 1.) because Linux is less resource intensive and I can really make  
> it scream
> on this machine;
> 2.) because I should have Linux on here, after all I'm part of a  
> local Linux
> User Group and it is always good to "eat your own dogfood;"
> and 3.) because I can!
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