Hello
I installed FreeBSD PPC on a Mac mini G4 with 40GB harddisk. I used about 23GB of disk space for FBSD and
left the remaining 17GB section free for installing linux/Ubuntu PPC.
I have zero problems with the FBSD, it works perfectly fine on Mac mini,
but I have a hard time installing Linux/Ubuntu on its free section presumably
because I'm not able to partition/format it in Ext4.
On my attempt to partition/format that section with Disk Utility of Ubuntu,
here is how it looks:
When I try to add a partition to the 17GB section using Ubuntu's DU
it fails with this message:
Please note the expression "Apple Partition Table detected" It looks as if it's a APT related problem.
But I don't think it's because of APT. I think this is a more general issue seen in other Partition Tables.
So the problem is, how can I partition/format this FBSD disk's free section in ext4? There's a tool called "gpart" in FBSD,
but I don't think it can handle Ext4 formatting, or can it? I'm not sure.
Waiting for the suggestions, thanks.
I installed FreeBSD PPC on a Mac mini G4 with 40GB harddisk. I used about 23GB of disk space for FBSD and
left the remaining 17GB section free for installing linux/Ubuntu PPC.
I have zero problems with the FBSD, it works perfectly fine on Mac mini,
but I have a hard time installing Linux/Ubuntu on its free section presumably
because I'm not able to partition/format it in Ext4.
On my attempt to partition/format that section with Disk Utility of Ubuntu,
here is how it looks:
When I try to add a partition to the 17GB section using Ubuntu's DU
it fails with this message:
Code:
Error creating partition: helper exited with exit code 1: In part_add_partition:
device_file=/dev/hda, start=23363101696, size=16644660224, type=
Entering MS-DOS parser (offset=0, size=40007761920)
No MSDOS_MAGIC found
Exiting MS-DOS parser
Entering Apple parser
Mac MAGIC found, block_size=512
map_count = 17
Leaving Apple parser
Apple partition table detected
containing partition table scheme = 2
got it
Error: The partition's data region doesn't occupy the entire partition.
ped_disk_new() failed
Please note the expression "Apple Partition Table detected" It looks as if it's a APT related problem.
But I don't think it's because of APT. I think this is a more general issue seen in other Partition Tables.
So the problem is, how can I partition/format this FBSD disk's free section in ext4? There's a tool called "gpart" in FBSD,
but I don't think it can handle Ext4 formatting, or can it? I'm not sure.
Waiting for the suggestions, thanks.