Re: partitioning help, Ubuntu on PowerPC

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Author: A LeDonne
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: partitioning help, Ubuntu on PowerPC
On 2/8/06, Alex Dean <> wrote:
> I'm installing Ubuntu on my Powerbook. I have an 80GB drive, and I'd
> like to give Ubutntu about 20GB of that space.


[snip]

> What should I do at this point?
>
> thanks,
> alex


Some HFS+ linux stuff is still "experimental", so be sure to have a
full backup of your data before you begin! Here's one suggestion...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89960
"HOWTO: Resize your HFS+ partition for free"

The link above suggests disabling journaling, then going out to a
shell during the install in order to resize. Some HFS+ linux stuff is
still "experimental", so be sure to have a full backup of your data
before you begin!

-another Alex

PS - Some HFS+ linux stuff is still "experimental", so be sure to have
a full backup of your data before you begin!
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