installing on firewire HD

fiftyfour123 · #1 16th April 2006, 11:58 PM

hi, i have mac os 10.4.5 and i have a 120 gb external firewire hard drive with 2 partitions(1 for fedora and one for my files) and i downloaded the ISOs for FC5 onto the fedora partition of the HD. so how do i install it on the hd and what type does the partition have to be(FAT32, HFS+, etc.) thats for any help...

galatei · #2 18th April 2006, 02:35 PM

First of all, you have to burn ISO image to CD/CD-RW. In order to install linux, boot your system from CD and follow the on-screen instructions.
Fedora installer provide you with graphical partitioning programme which will assist you in partitioning tasks. Currently supported linux partitions are ext2/ext3. You can't install Linux on any other type of partition.

Best regards

fiftyfour123 · #3 21st April 2006, 05:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by galatei

First of all, you have to burn ISO image to CD/CD-RW. In order to install linux, boot your system from CD and follow the on-screen instructions.
Fedora installer provide you with graphical partitioning programme which will assist you in partitioning tasks. Currently supported linux partitions are ext2/ext3. You can't install Linux on any other type of partition.

Best regards

i tried that but it didn't read my external hard drive

james419 · #4 22nd April 2006, 04:19 AM

Boot using "linux expert" . This may allow the external drive to be seen. It does with USB drives and firewire should be the same.

fiftyfour123 · #5 22nd April 2006, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by james419

Boot using "linux expert" . This may allow the external drive to be seen. It does with USB drives and firewire should be the same.

whats linux expert?

james419 · #6 22nd April 2006, 11:38 PM

linux expert

The command you would give when the boot cd starts, an ID screen will come up and will wait for about 30-45 seconds for you to enter any commands or F1, etc for options. Start typing and the autoboot timer stops so you can proceed. The computer will then boot when you use the enter or return key. I have never used a mac but I think it should work the same as Intel based computers.

Someone in the PPC forum section would have better info than I have. You migth look there.