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Re: linux kernel on HFS+ volume



> On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 02:56:21AM +0000, Martin Schaffner wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I currently try to boot a GNU/Linux installation on a HFS+ partition  
> > where Mac OS X is also installed, using tricks similar to these:
> > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/ 
> > lfs_next_to_existing_systems.txt
> > 
> > With only one partition:
> > * Free disk space would not be fragmented because of partitioning
> > * To install GNU/Linux on a new Mac, its hard disk wouldn't have to be  
> > partitioned and all software re-installed
> > * Installation and removal of GNU/Linux would be very Mac-like: To  
> > install, just copy a directory from a disk image, to remove, delete it.

furthermore, this is just ridiculous.  GNU/Linux is NOT a macos
application, its an operating system, a proper operating system needs
a proper installation which means repartitioning.  

if you can't handle that you shouldn't be using it, period.  

in short, stop whining.

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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