wilfried Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I'd like to dual boot my iBook with SUSE. I am new to the Mac ;) so I am not sure how to go about it. A friend told me I can't partition my drive without loosing everything... is that true? Can OSX change partitions without loosing data like Partition Magic does on the PC? Then how is dual booting handled on the MAC is there a boot loader? Thanks for any help. :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 You will loose all data :( Any distro for mac comes with a boot loader, so all you need to do is format your drive leaving space for SUSE, and install OS X, then install SUSE on the extra space ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilfried Posted December 17, 2003 Author Share Posted December 17, 2003 You will loose all data :( Thanks for your quick reply :) No tools will let me re-partition without loosing it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMasamune Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Am I missing something? :huh: I thought Suse was for PC only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Nope, no tools to do it yet :( Some people have used some terminal commands (look on macosxhints) to do it, but it is risky and not sure how it works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermang Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 Am I missing something? :huh: I thought Suse was for PC only. Nope. Suse releases versions for PPC also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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