Bermudabob Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Well, I've finally finished putting my own hackintosh together. I was surprised at how simple doing it was and how major problem free the leopard install was. Ints now running 10.5.2 merrily with windows in a parallels VM. Being able to run windows was essential, as I work in IT and need to use it. I still prefer Leopard though... The build was based on the one detailed here: linky Excellent details on this site, my only difference to this guys build was putting a GeForce 8600GTS video card in instead of the one he used. I only have one problem now... I have a 500gb drive, when I started Installed Leopard onto 250GB partition, thinking I'd stick xp in the other space. Once I discovered how good the parallels vm was I decided not to bother with a stand alone xp install. Now, I want to expand the partition Leopard is on to use the full 500GB. Either that or find a way to format the remaining space as a separate 250GB volume. I'm not sure how to do this without messing up my installation, as the Disk utility shows only the main 250GB partition, and not the unused space... anybody know how to go about this? Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shah0048 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Bermudabob, Is your hackintosh silent? I'm thinking of using the same hardware specs but I need something very silent. Also did you go with using a core 2 duo or a quad-core (for an extra $150)? Also can anyone tell me which would run cooler: quad-core or core 2 duo? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermudabob Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Bermudabob, Is your hackintosh silent? I'm thinking of using the same hardware specs but I need something very silent. Also did you go with using a core 2 duo or a quad-core (for an extra $150)? Also can anyone tell me which would run cooler: quad-core or core 2 duo? Thanks! Its not too noisy, but Its not silent either - I'd get a quiet power supply if its important - there seem to be quite a lot available. I went with core 2 duo due to budget restraints, I can always upgrade later on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Freddy Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 You can try Gparted.... Go to http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ and get the live cd and boot up with the cd to expand the partition. It worked for me a few times but I never tried it on a OSX partition. BACK UP just in case something goes wrong. It wont damage your drive but could make it to where osx wont boot and you would have to reinstall. Good luck. You can also use Gparted to format the other partition to where your OSX can read it as a different partition and put another drive icon on your desktop to where you can use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleburth Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 I used my WinXp's drive manager for formatting second partition to NTFS and then just reformatted it into hfs+ form Leo's disk utility. That's in the case you don't want to use Gparted for any reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gujal Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Gparted can only shrink HFS+. It cannot be used to increase the size. THe correct method is detailed in this post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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