Hi all,
Perhaps this is the wrong forum for this, but if anyone can help it'll be much appreciated...
I just got an iMac G4, and my main interest is learning about OS X. However this particular Mac has Xubuntu (a Linux distribution) installed in it, and I want to remove it. I can't figure out how to do it, though. I've tried the following:
- Using the grey OS X disc that I was given for it. It boots, and the installer runs, but no hard drive is shown when it ask for a destination - just the CD-ROM.
- Using the white OS X (10.2) upgrade disc I was also given. It also boots but shows no hard drive as a possible destination.
- Booting with an Ubuntu (note: not Xubuntu, but should work all the same) live cd, which allows to boot an OS without mounting the hard drive partitions, thus allowing me to format them. And yet I can't boot from it: pressing C at the prompt just shows a black screen... and it never goes on from there.
Currently the disk has 4 partitions (I have access to the Linux OS, but obviously can't delete partitions while they're being used):
- Apple ??? (doesn't say exactly what it is for)
- Apple bootstrap
- Linux partition (ext3)
- Linux swap
I get that I should delete the Linux partitions and create an HFS+ file system, but can't seem to do it. What can I do?
Thanks for reading (those of you who got this far )
Perhaps this is the wrong forum for this, but if anyone can help it'll be much appreciated...
I just got an iMac G4, and my main interest is learning about OS X. However this particular Mac has Xubuntu (a Linux distribution) installed in it, and I want to remove it. I can't figure out how to do it, though. I've tried the following:
- Using the grey OS X disc that I was given for it. It boots, and the installer runs, but no hard drive is shown when it ask for a destination - just the CD-ROM.
- Using the white OS X (10.2) upgrade disc I was also given. It also boots but shows no hard drive as a possible destination.
- Booting with an Ubuntu (note: not Xubuntu, but should work all the same) live cd, which allows to boot an OS without mounting the hard drive partitions, thus allowing me to format them. And yet I can't boot from it: pressing C at the prompt just shows a black screen... and it never goes on from there.
Currently the disk has 4 partitions (I have access to the Linux OS, but obviously can't delete partitions while they're being used):
- Apple ??? (doesn't say exactly what it is for)
- Apple bootstrap
- Linux partition (ext3)
- Linux swap
I get that I should delete the Linux partitions and create an HFS+ file system, but can't seem to do it. What can I do?
Thanks for reading (those of you who got this far )