partitioning volumes

[Eric D.]

I don't think you need to leave it unused. Format the third partition as HFS
(Mac OS Standard) just to be on the safe side. When you run the YDL
installer CD you can choose which partition to use (make sure you pick the
right one because you'll lose everything on it ;).

It doesn't matter whether it's HFS or HFS+ since the installer will use the
whole partition for its own purposes and apply whatever file systems are
needed (e.g. HFS for the boot "partition" (you can think of the boot
partition as being a sub-partition of YOUR 3rd partition)).

Eric.

on 17/6/02 01:02, Tavis Werts at xmrphatx@earthlink.net wrote:

> 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