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<sect2 arch="m68k"><title>Partitioning in AmigaOS</title>
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<para>
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If you are running AmigaOS, you can use the <command>HDToolBox</command>
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program to adjust your native partitions prior to installation.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 arch="m68k"><title>Partitioning in Atari TOS</title>
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<para>
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Atari partition IDs are three ASCII characters, use <quote>LNX</quote> for
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data and <quote>SWP</quote> for swap partitions. If using the low memory
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installation method, a small Minix partition is also needed (about 2 MB),
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for which the partition ID is <quote>MNX</quote>. Failure to set the
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appropriate partition IDs not only prevents the Debian installation process
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from recognizing the partitions, but also results in TOS attempting to use
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the Linux partitions, which confuses the hard disk driver and renders the
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whole disk inaccessible.
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</para><para>
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There are a multitude of third party partitioning tools available (the
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Atari <command>harddisk</command> utility doesn't permit changing the
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partition ID); this manual cannot give detailed descriptions for all
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of them. The following description covers <command>SCSITool</command> (from
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Hard+Soft GmBH).
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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Start <command>SCSITool</command> and select the disk you want to partition
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(<guimenu>Disk</guimenu> menu, item <guimenuitem>select</guimenuitem>).
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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From the <guimenu>Partition</guimenu> menu, select either
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<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> to add new partitions or change the
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existing partition sizes, or <guimenuitem>Change</guimenuitem> to
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change one specific partition. Unless you have already created
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partitions with the right sizes and only want to change the partition
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ID, <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> is probably the best choice.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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For the <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> choice, select
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<guilabel>existing</guilabel> in the dialog box
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prompting the initial settings. The next window shows a list of
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existing partitions which you can adjust using the scroll buttons, or
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by clicking in the bar graphs. The first column in the partition list
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is the partition type; just click on the text field to edit it. When
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you are finished changing partition settings, save the changes by
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leaving the window with the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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For the <guimenuitem>Change</guimenuitem> option, select the partition
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to change in the selection list, and select <guilabel>other
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systems</guilabel> in the dialog box. The
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next window lists detailed information about the location of this
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partition, and lets you change the partition ID. Save changes by
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leaving the window with the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Write down the Linux names for each of the partitions you created or
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changed for use with Linux — see <xref linkend="device-names"/>.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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Quit <command>SCSITool</command> using the
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> item from the <guimenu>File</guimenu>
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menu. The computer will reboot to make sure the changed partition
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table is used by TOS. If you changed any TOS/GEM partitions, they will
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be invalidated and have to be reinitialized (we told you to back up
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everything on the disk, didn't we?).
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</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</para><para>
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There is a partitioning tool for Linux/m68k called
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<command>atari-fdisk</command> in the installation system, but for now we
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recommend you partition your disk using a TOS partition editor or some
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disk tool. If your partition editor doesn't have an option to edit the
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partition type, you can do this crucial step at a later stage (from
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the booted temporary install RAMdisk). <command>SCSITool</command> is only
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one of the partition editors we know of which supports selection of
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arbitrary partition types. There may be others; select the tool that
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suits your needs.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 arch="m68k"><title>Partitioning in MacOS</title>
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<para>
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Partitioning tools for Macintosh tested include <command>pdisk</command>,
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<command>HD SC Setup</command> 7.3.5 (Apple), <command>HDT</command> 1.8 (FWB),
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<command>SilverLining</command> (LaCie), and <command>DiskTool</command> (Tim
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Endres, GPL). Full versions are required for <command>HDT</command> and
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<command>SilverLining</command>. The Apple tool requires a patch in order
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to recognize third-party disks (a description on how to patch <command>HD
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SC Setup</command> using <command>ResEdit</command> can be found at
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<ulink url="http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/patch.html"></ulink>).
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</para><para>
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For IDE based Macs, you need to use <command>Apple Drive Setup</command> to create
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empty space for the Linux partitions, and complete the partitioning under
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Linux, or use the MacOS version of pdisk available from the MkLinux FTP
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server.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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