zhbrass Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hey all, i just added a new partition to my hard drive. I wanted to install a new distro of OSX86, but wanted to keep my old one (labeled 'osx86' in the picture) just in case. So I split the hard drive, and the install was successful. Now I want to make my 2nd distro's partition (labeled 'osx86_2' in the picture), but it won't let me make the 2nd partition any bigger. I know it has to do with where the data is on the partition, but I don't know how to solve it. Can anyone shed some light on this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173083-problem-with-resizing-partitions-in-guid-partition-table/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkhockeypro19 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hey all, i just added a new partition to my hard drive. I wanted to install a new distro of OSX86, but wanted to keep my old one (labeled 'osx86' in the picture) just in case. So I split the hard drive, and the install was successful. Now I want to make my 2nd distro's partition (labeled 'osx86_2' in the picture), but it won't let me make the 2nd partition any bigger. I know it has to do with where the data is on the partition, but I don't know how to solve it. Can anyone shed some light on this? thats how the partition table is. thats where the partition starts. you need to move the entire partition, and disk utility doesnt do that AFAIK. Seearch on google for a utility Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173083-problem-with-resizing-partitions-in-guid-partition-table/#findComment-1189593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompic823 Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 You can always use GParted Live to resize and move your partitions. Its a great tool and though not always the fastest, it gets the job done. I actually made a post about it here so check it out if you want and see if you can get it to do what you need it to. Good Luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173083-problem-with-resizing-partitions-in-guid-partition-table/#findComment-1189774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhbrass Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Will my data on the partition being resized be erased? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/173083-problem-with-resizing-partitions-in-guid-partition-table/#findComment-1193661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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