I have a 366 MHz iBook Clamshell, and to install Yellow Dog Linux without wiping OS 9, I must partition the hard drive. It does not have any CD tray, and the hard drive is 10 GB.
iBook Clamshell 366 MHz Indigo-OTHER, Mac OS 9.2.x, No CD tray
You use Drive Setup to partition it; this requires erasing the drive.
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Thanks but it says I can't partition the startup disk. Could I load OS 9 on a flash drive and boot it from that?
If you are trying to partition the disk you are booting from, then no, it cannot alter it's partition map while booted. You will have to use some alternative boot device (ordinarily this would be a bootable CD, but you'll need to find some workaround like an external device).
Also, the utilities in OS 9 will only repartition that drive by erasing the whole thing. You will need to boot into a Linux OS with one of the Linux partition tools if you want to non-destructively alter that discs partition table (use something like GParted on a bootable UBuntu disc or something like that).
You need to drag-copy the existing Mac OS 9 system to an USB or FireWire drive and use that drive to start up the computer first.
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How to partition the hard drive in Mac OS 9?
