From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199901190430.MAA01225@mule.wantree.com.au> Subject: 15 partitions max prob revisited Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:00:04 -0000 From: Keith Jacob To: "linuxppc-user list" , "linuxppc-dev list" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: When I first tried to install R4 (on a 7200/75) I ran into the prob of having too many partitions on my HD. Since I only use HFS (not HFS+), I partitioned my new 4GB drive into 8 Mac partitions (==max allowed by Drive Setup) totalling 2GB, and left the last 2GB for Linux. However, Linux would only allow me another 3 ext2 partitions, totalling 15 all up (4 Mac driver/patch &c., 8 HFS, and 3 ext2). So the question is: can I add more devices (e.g. sdb16, sdb17, ...), or do I need to "reclaim" some HFS partitions if I want more ext2 ones? BTW, it was the installer that choked on the extra partitions I had created, so I would need to know how to fix that as well (if possible). I'm sure this is not a Powermac/Linux prob, per se, but perhaps others have had this problem and found a neat fix for it (although HFS+ is not a solution for me until the Mac HFS+ disk tools improve). Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- Keith Jacob kjacob@wantree.com.au [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]