austin987 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I used the guide found here to install osx86 natively. This method finally worked for me, though I used a slax live disk to install since ubuntu won't automatically mount any partitions. Anywho, got it installed, dd'ed the image and everything, booted up, repaired disk permissions, etc. Only problem is that I can't use the full partition size. It is a 14.5GB partition, but its only using 6GB. Anyone know how I can use the full partition size? I don't mind redoing it, but it seems that method should allow the full partition size to be used (since slax is run under vmware and the image is mounted as a virtual disk, its doing a disk to disk copy...). Any ideas? Thanks guys! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
en0203 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I used the guide found here to install osx86 natively. This method finally worked for me, though I used a slax live disk to install since ubuntu won't automatically mount any partitions. Anywho, got it installed, dd'ed the image and everything, booted up, repaired disk permissions, etc. Only problem is that I can't use the full partition size. It is a 14.5GB partition, but its only using 6GB. Anyone know how I can use the full partition size? I don't mind redoing it, but it seems that method should allow the full partition size to be used (since slax is run under vmware and the image is mounted as a virtual disk, its doing a disk to disk copy...). Any ideas? Thanks guys! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, u can try the following:- 1) download Carbon Copy Cloner from apple site (shareware) 2) create and format the remaining partition on ur drive using Disk Utility in OS X 3) use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone ur 6G image to the new partition u should now have 8G tiger. to get full use of 14.5gig u'll need to have another disk, just clone the image to a full empty disk then u should be able to use the full disk. I haven't try this though, going to try maybe tonight or tomorrow. cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-8939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fffilms Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 I did try that method. The problem with it is that the disk utility won't format the boot drive. This means that you must a. boot from a dvd (if you have one that works) b. do it the long but proven way: Install OSx86 onto another temp harddrive Install Darwin 8 onto your primary harddrive Boot the temp drive and get CarbonCopyCloner Use Finder to erase all visible files on the Darwin Drive Carbon Copy your temp drive over your primary drive Boot the primary drive and enjoy it's total space. Note that I did b and it worked fully, allowing me to use all 75 gb of my harddrive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-9061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin987 Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 would that work with a second partition on another hard drive? or must it be a full hdd? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-9176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
en0203 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I did try that method. The problem with it is that the disk utility won't format the boot drive. This means that you musta. boot from a dvd (if you have one that works) b. do it the long but proven way: Install OSx86 onto another temp harddrive Install Darwin 8 onto your primary harddrive Boot the temp drive and get CarbonCopyCloner Use Finder to erase all visible files on the Darwin Drive Carbon Copy your temp drive over your primary drive Boot the primary drive and enjoy it's total space. Note that I did b and it worked fully, allowing me to use all 75 gb of my harddrive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I see, thanks for the guide. no wonder my clone partition won't boot because i do not have the Darwin installed on it. but i am running out of extra hdd, guess i may need to use a vmware to mount my current osx86 image, and fully format my 2nd hdd and repeat the darwin installation and cloning to make full use of the whole disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-9411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonajona Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Can anyone tell me how to install darwin to a partition? A guide somewhere? Please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-9749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
setec Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 As far as Darwin, I didn't know how to do it either, so I just muddled through. Download the Darwin ISO (8.01), make the disc. Now, the easiest way I found, without having to know a lot of command line, was to already have a partition made for Darwin, type AF. Then boot with the Darwin cdrom, follow the directions, and it will ask you which DISK to install to. For me, I am on a laptop, so it was one choice, Disk 1. I typed 1 and hit enter. Then it shows me the partitions. Since I knew partition 3 was for me, I picked that. But you don't type 3, you type the example it printed on the screen, for instance: /dev/disk0s3 Then you tell it to do a clean install. It then does that, at the end it asks you to pick a root password, then your at a command prompt. Just type 'reboot now' and hit enter. Pop the cdrom out and boot back into your Mac x86. Hope that helps. That is what I can remember from doing it only once. Someone correct me on any steps if I am wrong. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1452-using-full-partition-size-in-osx86/#findComment-10151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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