fireloss Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I have OS X on the whole hard drive. Is it possible for me to shrink it and then install XP on it such that it has dual boot? I have tried to use iPartition by taking the hard drive out and tried to shrink it as an external drive with my other mac but it cannot recognize the partition. I have also tried to do it when the system was on but of course that didn't work. Any suggestions or ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxuser33 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) You have been warned! Keep your data in a safe place. to be safe check your drive (repair volume, check permissions) Disable journaling in terminal. diskutil disableJournal <your_partition> if by your hand apply a defrag tool (ask me not where to find) reboot grab GPARTED-live-CD, boot off it run GPART-editor (similar to Acronis or Powerquest PartitionMagic) shrink your partition (kick your mouse as you would do in Windows$$$, no commands needed ) reboot boot off of OSX-DVD check/repair your drive reactivate journaling if nothing failed, enjoy. Edited March 6, 2007 by tuxuser33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireloss Posted March 6, 2007 Author Share Posted March 6, 2007 Thanks for your answer. I have one problem though. The Gpart cannot seem to do anything because it is a MBR (Master Boot Record) formatted drive, and it has an inverted triangle with a "!" inside, and does not allow me to do anything. Do you know how to deal with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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