Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Fwd: how to partition hdd with diskutil?

[Felipe S. <do...@gm...>]

So that is my battle plan for this afternoon:
Use Disk Utilitly to create the partitions as HFS+
Reformat them with (G)parted
Install XP
Install Linux
I need to get some chocolate first to avoid major frustrations.
I will report back on success/failure. Might have to write a wiki entry so that

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ludovic Rousseau
<lud...@gm...> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Felipe Sere <do...@gm...> wrote:
>> I'd sure love to do that, but Gparted can't make HSF+ partitions
>> (correct me if I am wrong) and diskutil is utter CRAP. Disk Utility
>> (the GUI) is even worse, as it only allows me to make HFS+ partitions.
>> Which _might_ also be a good thing if I can do stuff "the way I want
>> to".
>> I could Disk Utility to make all the partition scheme the way you
>> described and then use (g)parted to make the Linux ones ext3/xfs/swap
>> respectively and then the Windows one FAT32. Does this procedure
>> tamper with the partition order?
>
> Just use (g)parted to change the partition type from HFS+ to Linux. I
> don't know about Windows partition. Maybe (g)parted can be used to
> change the partition type to FAT32 or something desired by Windows.
>
> This would not change the partition order. Just the partition types.
>
> bye
>
> --
>  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau
>



-- 
Felipe Sere