help with mac os x/linux

[Red10]

i've got my ibook G4 at the moment, which is on it's last legs and i want to put Kubuntu on it... not a problem, or so it would seem...

...until i realise that i have endnote 9 on it (the mac os x partition), which if i reformatted would be lost... and it's the student-one computer one license- nonsense - i've lost the registration/license documents for it... and rather stupidly the *.dmg file i used to install it!

how can i now install Kubuntu without loosing my licensed software?

any suggestions are welcome!

cheers

dan.

(p.s. please don't mock me for not being organised )

[directhex]

you could always dual-boot

[Red10]

you could always dual-boot

yes, but you can't install/re-partition without formatting the whole drive, so i'll have to back the OS X partition up before hand.

[chrestomanci]

You could take an image of you macOS partition, save it to a (huge) file, and keep it on a DVD-R in case you need it later.

I would shrink the partion as small as possible using a partion editor such as gparted, and then use dd to copy the partion to a file.

[Red10]

You could take an image of you macOS partition, save it to a (huge) file, and keep it on a DVD-R in case you need it later.

I would shrink the partion as small as possible using a partion editor such as gparted, and then use dd to copy the partion to a file.

i may do the following...

connect my vacant 40Gb HDD to the lappy via a firewire caddy and back up using superduper....