partition magic is capable of formatting the partition to EXT2 and I know
red hat had the option to format both to EXT2 and EXT3 during the os
installation.

"Pumpkin" <laputap@netvigator.com> wrote in message
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> Had already spending 4 nights on the Debian Linux installation. Can anyone
> please help me on this?
>
> I'm trying to install Debian Linux on my powerbook G4, after reading
almost
> the whole installation menu, i finally understand I need to run boot the
CD
> by using the OpenFirmware. i had also spilit the partitions, 1 for linux,
2
> for mac, and 3 for exchange file. ok, i follow all the procedures, and now
i
> stuck on the hard disk issue.
>
> The installation program cant find any hard disk when i select "partition
a
> hard disk"!
> so i tried initialize a linux partition, and it said " no ext2 partitions
> that had not already been mounted were detected."
>
> almost my hair were pulled off and i still cant figure out why...
>
> H E L P !!!
>
> Pumpkin
>
>