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author | Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu> | 2013-03-03 03:49:34 +0000 |
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committer | Milan Kupcevic <milan@physics.harvard.edu> | 2013-03-03 03:49:34 +0000 |
commit | 9a58756d6223057e81514967138e2ad51a58e901 (patch) | |
tree | ac2099373b5c337702e522c6ed626dedc70bc784 /en | |
parent | 6e55a5a0e6e71cc15fed3c396a05197942f26329 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-9a58756d6223057e81514967138e2ad51a58e901.zip |
* Debian-installer partition table editing tool not compatible with
MacOS 9. Closes: #604134.
Diffstat (limited to 'en')
-rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml | 34 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml b/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml index e29057491..c634c17d5 100644 --- a/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml +++ b/en/preparing/non-debian-partitioning.xml @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ If you already have an operating system on your system which uses the whole disk and you want to stick &debian; on the same disk, you will need to repartition it. &debian; requires its own hard disk partitions. It cannot be -installed on Windows or MacOS partitions. It may be able to share some +installed on Windows or Mac OS X partitions. It may be able to share some partitions with other Unix systems, but that's not covered here. At the very least you will need a dedicated partition for the &debian; root filesystem. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ You can find information about your current partition setup by using a partitioning tool for your current operating system<phrase arch="any-x86">, such as the integrated Disk Manager in Windows or fdisk in DOS</phrase><phrase -arch="powerpc">, such as Drive Setup, HD Toolkit, or MacTools</phrase><phrase +arch="powerpc">, such as Disk Utility, Drive Setup, HD Toolkit, or MacTools</phrase><phrase arch="s390">, such as the VM diskmap</phrase>. Partitioning tools always provide a way to show existing partitions without making changes. @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the native system first saves you trouble. In order for OpenFirmware to automatically boot &debian-gnu; the &arch-parttype; partitions should appear before all other partitions on the disk, -especially MacOS boot partitions. This should be kept in mind when +especially Mac OS X boot partitions. This should be kept in mind when pre-partitioning; you should create a &arch-parttype; placeholder partition to come <emphasis>before</emphasis> the other bootable partitions on the disk. (The small partitions dedicated to Apple disk drivers are not diff --git a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml index f9baf3bbc..6681589f4 100644 --- a/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/preparing/nondeb-part/powerpc.xml @@ -2,14 +2,13 @@ <!-- $Id$ --> - <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>MacOS/OSX Partitioning</title> + <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>Mac OS X Partitioning</title> <para> -The <application>Apple Drive Setup</application> application can be found in the -<filename>Utilities</filename> folder on the MacOS CD. It will not adjust existing -partitions; it is limited to partitioning the entire disk at once. The -disk driver partitions don't show up in <application>Drive Setup</application>. +The <application>Disk Utility</application> application can be found under the +<filename>Utilities</filename> menu in Mac OS X Installer. It will not adjust +existing partitions; it is limited to partitioning the entire disk at once. </para><para> @@ -19,25 +18,22 @@ is, it will be deleted and replaced later inside the &debian-gnu; installer. </para><para> -If you are planning to install both MacOS 9 and OS X, it is best to -create separate partitions for OS 9 and OS X. If they are installed on -the same partition, <application>Startup Disk</application> (and reboot) must be used to select -between the two; the choice between the two systems can't be made at -boot time. With separate partitions, separate options for OS 9 and OS -X will appear when holding the <keycap>option</keycap> key at boot time, and separate -options can be installed in the <application>yaboot</application> boot menu as well. Also, -Startup Disk will de-bless all other mountable partitions, which can -affect GNU/Linux booting. Both OS 9 and OS X partitions will be -accessible from either OS 9 or OS X. +&debian; installer partition table editing tools are compatible with OS X, +but not with MacOS 9. If you are planning to use both MacOS 9 and OS X, it +is best to install OS X and &debian; on one hard drive, and put MacOS 9 +on a separate hard drive. Separate options for OS 9 and OS X will appear when +holding the <keycap>option</keycap> key at boot time, and separate +options can be installed in the <application>yaboot</application> boot menu as +well. </para><para> -GNU/Linux is unable to access information on UFS partitions, but does -support HFS+ (aka MacOS Extended) partitions. OS X requires one of these +GNU/Linux is unable to access information on UFS partitions, but can access +HFS+ (aka MacOS Extended) partitions. OS X requires one of these two types for its boot partition. MacOS 9 can be installed on either HFS -(aka MacOS Standard) or HFS+. To share information between the MacOS and +(aka MacOS Standard) or HFS+. To share information between the Mac OS X and GNU/Linux systems, an exchange partition is handy. HFS, HFS+ and MS-DOS FAT -partitions are supported by both MacOS and Linux. +file systems are supported by MacOS 9, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. </para> </sect2> |