Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac Mini/BSD question

[Edmond Rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>]

This looks similar to what I was doing (Just these lines, not the rest of the web page).  

I did not pay much attention to you showing the contents of the partition, which seems to have a file structure on it.  So it does not seem to be what I was talking about.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t29316.html

2) If you are installing OSX by itself onto a hard drive, first format
the entire hard drive as FAT32 to create the needed MBR partition
scheme. The boot data goes into a tiny partition at the beginning of
the drive, leaving a large partition for OSX. When you install OSX, the
first step is to go to Disk Utility in the Utilities menu and format
(erase) the hard drive. Be sure to select the large partition to
format, not the whole hard drive or you will mess up the MBR
partitioning scheme. In Disk Utility, the partition is shown below the
hard drive.





----- Original Message ----
> From: Edmond Rodriguez <erodrig_97@yahoo.com>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:51:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac Mini/BSD question
> 
> I seem to recall when working with macs that one of the filesystems and the way 
> macs make disks included a sort of fantom partition.   I don't recall real well, 
> but this was one of the issues with booting XP from an external drive with this 
> file system.   It was HPFS or maybe one that came earlier and also I think had 
> to do with being able to boot.   Sorry for the vague response, if it is even 
> relevant, but maybe someone else well recall something. 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Art Alexion 
> > To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:22:24 AM
> > Subject: [PLUG] OT: Mac Mini/BSD question
> > 
> > I am experimenting, trying to learn OS X on a Mac Mini that was lying  
> > around, unused in our office.  It appears that it was set up with a  
> > user, and never turned on again.
> > 
> > It has a 70 GB system partition, and another, seemingly hidden  
> > partition named "`" with some system files on it
> > 
> > ls /Volumes/\`/
> > Desktop        Desktop DF    bin        private
> > Desktop DB    Network        cores        sbin
> > 
> > The partition is not viewable in the Finder app.
> > 
> > Any idea what this is and whether I can get rid of it?
> > 
> > Is the shell bash?
> > 
> > 
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