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@sharon2 - Yes you can use the Mac disk utility to make a partition. Check Youtube for videos on how to do it. You could also use Gparted.

http://gparted.org/

BACKUP your files before you...

You are going to need to give more specs. What is the HD size and how much is your current OS X installation taking up? If you want to dual boot, run 2 different OS on your Mac, you will have to...

Maybe this thread will help.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2152891

Same yaboot issue?

Try an alternative install or 12.04. I didn't have as many issues when I ran 12.04 Lubuntu on my iBook from a disc.

The Max OS X installation is so bloated I only have 7gb, not much space for a dual boot.

Ubuntu is not going to run well on an iBook from what I have read. You are better off trying Lubuntu.

http://lubuntu.net/

Most likely you are still going to have graphics issues though.

What did distro did you try to install? Lubuntu?

Most likely it is the graphics card.

I was able to partition an external HD after reaizing I needed to download the hfs formatting software for Gparted. I was able to transfer files onto a partitioned hfs+ part of the external HD once...

Great info here.

You might have to boot from a disc. Sometimes even if a computer has USB as an bootable option for whatever reason it won't. More likely the Mac you have is not setup for booting from a usb key...

I tried to transfer the files using "scp -r" command in the Mac terminal. However I am getting this error

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Terminal version 1.4.6

I'd like to install Lubuntu on my iBook but I've had a hard time pulling files from it. I've tried to use Gparted to partition an external HD in Fat32 to drag-and-drop but with a lot of files it...