downloaded xenial-alternate-powerpc.iso on 2016-02-16 at 9:34 CST, burned to dvd, booted from dvd, requested hfs+ resize from 30gb to 21gb, resize spent ~2 hours, then got stuck "Starting up the partitioner...52%", in other words just the same as OP
downloaded xenial- alternate- powerpc. iso on 2016-02-16 at 9:34 CST, burned to dvd, booted from dvd, requested hfs+ resize from 30gb to 21gb, resize spent ~2 hours, then got stuck "Starting up the partitioner...52%", in other words just the same as OP