Danelgran Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 I used the deadmoo version of OSx86 on my laptop. Runs almost flawless....However, the Hard drive in the box is 80Gigs but when I go into the Disk Utility, my tiger-x86 drive is a 6Gig partition -- everything is free!!!! Is it possible to expand the drive to use all available space? Or even create a second partition? Everything is greyed out and I cant make any changes. As always, any assistance is much appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 I used the deadmoo version of OSx86 on my laptop. Runs almost flawless....However, the Hard drive in the box is 80Gigs but when I go into the Disk Utility, my tiger-x86 drive is a 6Gig partition -- everything is free!!!! Is it possible to expand the drive to use all available space? Or even create a second partition? Everything is greyed out and I cant make any changes. As always, any assistance is much appreciated. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=438 Tip: Search before posting Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/#findComment-6705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessus Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=438 Tip: Search before posting <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm having the same issue as Danelgran (and everyone else I guess). I just read through that entire thread, but don't see a solution to this problem specifically. Is there a way to recognize that whole partition without a reinstall? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/#findComment-7098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchowland Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm having the same issue as Danelgran (and everyone else I guess). I just read through that entire thread, but don't see a solution to this problem specifically. Is there a way to recognize that whole partition without a reinstall? Thanks <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My best suggestion is that you could boot into Ghost, Make an image of it on another HDD and then restore to that - Ghost will expand to fill as much space as you want (but I'm not sure if it will work with HFS systems) Alternatively, you could use the built-in Disk Utility if you have a second HDD that you don't mind wiping. Do this: Wipe the HDD and make sure it's mountable Use the Restore function in Disk utility (Applications --> Utilities --> Disk Utility), and drag the two HDDs Together Let it go to work When it is done, shutdown the mac. Change the two HDD's from Master-Slave (make the one you were booting off the same config as the one you just wrote to) Boot of it. Wipe you larger HDD (which your 6gb was on) Repeat the process You should have as much space as you could want. I've successfully tested this method with a 10gb Drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/#findComment-7362 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danelgran Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 My best suggestion is that you could boot into Ghost, Make an image of it on another HDD and then restore to that - Ghost will expand to fill as much space as you want (but I'm not sure if it will work with HFS systems) Alternatively, you could use the built-in Disk Utility if you have a second HDD that you don't mind wiping. Do this: Wipe the HDD and make sure it's mountable Use the Restore function in Disk utility (Applications --> Utilities --> Disk Utility), and drag the two HDDs Together Let it go to work When it is done, shutdown the mac. Change the two HDD's from Master-Slave (make the one you were booting off the same config as the one you just wrote to) Boot of it. Wipe you larger HDD (which your 6gb was on) Repeat the process You should have as much space as you could want. I've successfully tested this method with a 10gb Drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I tried this method to expand a 40 Gig HD. I shutdown the computer, removed the Primary (6GB Partition) and made my expanded 40Gigger the primary Master. When I boot up the computer, I get the following message: b0 error Any ideas???? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/#findComment-8439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahamut Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 i don't see why we couldn't 1) use disk utility under X to create an image on another drive. make the image the size of your desired X partition (this method works well if, like me, you have a small, trashy second drive you're using for X) 2) mount the image 3) use disk utility to restore the X drive to the image 4) quit X, boot XP 5) use dd to restore the expanded image to the drive i've spent a lot of time on my install so i don't want to try this only to find out it'll fail. but maybe there's somebody out there who is willing to try? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1102-how-do-i-increase-partition-size/#findComment-8586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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