From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.198]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3A1P3xU004009 for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 01:25:04 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so1335686wri for ; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:25:05 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=tGkAZf2qqTdC0aVHuQaBn8rm8KEO/FmAUumwihACVDEgWH7WEXRBpsuxZNJGEC3kRr465sgCek+GgbAWC5Vkf4WC9j7CEW87KtXOQ/IUIX4bctNcmpitRKTX871u9Jo8xmAXCs4cWYmhPJ8sBdr7zilyl2opb0+IkjWJFYftwrQ= Received: by 10.54.55.6 with SMTP id d6mr885827wra; Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:25:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.2.14 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:25:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 19:25:05 -0600 From: Michael Moore To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac OSX/Gentoo dual boot ? In-Reply-To: <42587CC4.1090105@comcast.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <42587CC4.1090105@comcast.net> X-Archives-Salt: 410a90d0-cbca-47cc-8573-24c7542219ea X-Archives-Hash: b36ece2e6b8864d5c0773948c3821d4c > I know I can just backup the Linux files onto another system and copy > them back to a new partition once I have one ready. > > Is it possible to do the same with an OS X partition ? > Can I backup an OS X hfs partition to another hfs partition under Linux > without loosing any information ? CarbonCopyCloner is awesome. If you use it with BootCD, you can store your OSX data in a disk image (.dmg file), on a HD of any partition type, then restore it to your HFS partition later. BootCD will be extra helpfull since you don't have OSX installer CDs. :-) http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html -- CCC. http://www.charlessoft.com/ -- bootcd > Can I resize an OS X hfs partition ? Can I do it under Linux ? I've heard that it is *possible*, but haven't ever tried it myself. It would have to be done under linux with parted(? -- I think). Your best bet is: 1) Create bootCD with CCC and Disk Utility 2) Create backup of OSX with CCC 3) Boot the BootCD and use OSXs partitioner to create two partitions, OSX, and freespace. 4) Restore OSX backup onto created OSX partition 5) Boot linux installer and split free space and install as normal. Good luck! -- Michael Moore ------------------------------- www.stuporglue.com -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list