partitioning volumes

Tavis Werts yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Sun, 16 Jun 2002 22:02:20 -0700


Thanks for the tip. Now here's my next question. How can i erase the 
partition and leave it unused. Disk Utility will only let me format it 
as Mac OS standard or extended. Is there some way to do it from the 
command line?


> Hi Travis,
>
> It sounds as if you made an easily made mistake during the partition
> and format stage.
>
> Yes, you make 3 partitions, but only format 2 of them as HFS+, leave
> the third as "Un-used"  then the YDL installer will see it and allow
> you to format it for Linux.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Andrew McVinnie

Tavis
It's not a typo. There really is no R in my name. Blame my parents.