iMac: installing to a secondary Firewire drive?

[John Levin]

On 7 Apr 2005, at 15:39, Asko Kauppi wrote:

>
> I have a "flat screen" iMac that I'd like to try Ubuntu on, _if_ it 
> poses no threat to the existing OS X installation.  There is a 
> firewire drive I could spare some 6-10GB for a working Ubuntu install, 
> if it's possible to do so.  I won't touch the main hard disk.  period.
>
> So..  Is there anyone who'se done this, or a neat hand-holding guide 
> to get there?  I know the fw drive will need to be repartitioned, and 
> issues like that.
>
> In a Perfect World, the Ubuntu/ppc boot cd could have a partitioning 
> tool capable of doing all this (incl. shrinking the existing fw data?) 
> but that'd be too much to be asked in 2005, would it?
>
> Without such a tool, running Ubuntu on PPC hardware will be limited to 
> the all-for-linux guys (I'm not) and those having old hardware (within 
> 2 years, this will apply).
>
> thanks. :)  -ak
>

The only thing I've found that might help you is:
http://www.orawski.com/~timon/debianppc-usb/index.php
No idea if firewire rather than usb would make a differenec.
This is one of those things I'd like to try, but lack both time and 
equipment (ie external hd)

Hope this helps

john



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