Kevin Jieu Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hi all, I've got to the point where the installer is asking for a destination. I run "Disk Utility" from the menu, and I have designated a 14G FAT32 for OSX. First I select the partition, erase it as FAT32. When it's done, I select it again, choose format as "MacOS Journal" and hit "Erase" again. After a while, it finishes but the partition is still FAT32. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Jieu Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 OK...seems no one knows this. Let me change my question: Is there a way to format a drive into OSX extended journal without resorting to Disk Utility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphic Design Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 First time I see this problem!!! Hope someone else can help you!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semthex Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hmm encountred this problem ages ago and solved it by using diskpart from windows and setting the partition to HFS by chaning it's type. Don't rember the exact commands but should be possible to find this via google. If you haven't solved this til tomorrow I post how to do this, but need to look it up (I forgot my notes at a friend). :pirate2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHAWKs Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...t.mspx?mfr=true Read This On How To Use DiskPart Run=DiskPart.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebzar Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Launch diskpart, then issue these commands: list disk (so you see the numbers of the disks) select disk x (where x is the number of the disk you want to use; subsequent commands will be applied to disk x so be careful with the numbers) in the disk you want to use there MUST be unallocated space to create the HFS+ partition. If this is the case issue the following command: create partition primary id=af diskpart will use ALL the unallocated space to create a HFS+ partition. If the disk is entirely unallocated, you will end up with a single HFS+ partition taking the entire disk. Regards Neb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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