Question : using ubuntu 10.4 to format a drive for apple OS ?

I'm using ubuntu and trying to format and partition a hard drive to be used eternally for apple. I have a g4 with a leopard 10.5.6 configured file that will work on my g4 ? file is 12.6gb. I cant use FAT system cause of the 4gb limit. I have tried several different formats and partition and my apple wont mount the hard drive so I can use it to restore my apple. When I format with ubuntu there are 4 options one is fat, GUID, apple format and one other one. that's for the format then there are several options for the partition. I have tried several ones and none of them work

how can I format this drive so it can be recognized with my apple g4 on ubuntu ? I just wanna restore my g4 with this file on the external drive ?

any help is appreciated, thanks all...

Answer : using ubuntu 10.4 to format a drive for apple OS ?

sudo apt-get install hfsprogs
You will need universe repositories if they are not enabled already. (ie on the livecd)

sudo mkfs.hfs -v VolumeName /dev/yourdisk

If you don't know what disk you are looking for try running sudo fdisk -l which will list all drives/partitions

Also don't forget to read "man newfs_hfs"