Re: oracle 8i lite

I suggest you not worry all that much about repartitioning..

I think you're in for a lot of trouble if you want to use the hfs+ system, hfsutils (the necessary tools to work with mac files) work on hfs not hf+ filesystems. My suggestion reformat one of those three 1 gig partions as unix (Apple_UNIX_SVR2) and set it up as your Linux box with the proper (sub)partitioning...This is quite easy to do with Anubis Utility V3.01..

You can also do it with pDisk (which comes with the free MkLinux Distribution). But it's a little harder to understand how to use it..and can easily wipe out your data if you get it wrong.

You may rather use another more popular distribution but if you're interested in the formatting tool or the whole MkLinux distribution it's available at:

ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com//pub/DR3/

PDisk only:
ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com//pub/DR3/MacOS_Utilities/pdisk.hqx

I don't know about the x86 question.

In article <3888d722_at_news.nwlink.com>, jrough_at_nanospace.com wrote:

> In article <3888C714.BA60C844_at_nanospace.com>, jrough_at_nanospace.com
> wrote:
>
> > I have a 604e Mac and would like to install Oracle lite on it. The only
> > solution is to also install some type of unixOS. I would like the
> > installation to be as painless as possible. I have HFS+ file system on
> > my Mac with system 8.5.1. MachTen sounds like an ideal solution except
> > for the price. I heard about a subset version of linux you could use
> > without reformatting your mac but I haven't been able to locate where I
> > read that. My hard drive is divided into 3 partions of a little over a
> > gig each. It would be nice to not have to reformat my hard drive.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong (and I hope I am), but I am under the distinct
> impression that 8i for Linux requires an x86 processor. And if I'm wrong
> on that, you'll need to whack your current partitioning scheme. At any
> rate, you can't use it with the setup you have.
>
> Check out the following URLs for more info:
>
> http://www.byte.com/column/BYT19990928S0008
> http://www.oracle.com/support/products/o8s/linux/html/805ig.pdf
 

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