Aufgedyng Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 Hi all, Has anyone tested if it's possible do a resize of an OSX system partition using iPartition or any other tool? My disk setup: Disk0: Part1 NTFS Part2 NTFS Disk1 Part1 OSX System Part2 OSX Data Currently using Acronis to multiboot. Why is it that some applications like FC Pro must install on the boot partition? Games and many other apps i can install on my data partition. Any help appreciated! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I've heard rumblings that gparted will do what you want. I have no personal experience with it. You can find gparted with some live linux distros or it is also on its own live boot cd. Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-326098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufgedyng Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 Thanks for the info, i'll try it and post the results. It seems like softwares like iPartition don't work well with MBR partitions, this is just by searching on the forum, have not tried it yet so i can't confirm it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-326401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MiK Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) i've searched for a lot, and seems that is very difficult to resize hackintosh osx partition. Instead i've used this method: 1) by using acronis disk suite i've copied my osx partition to another drive temporary 2) i've deleted the original partition 3) i've created the new, big, osx partition on the original drive using diskpart in windows 4) i've booted in the temporary osx partition on the other drive 5) sudo rsync -xrlptgoEv --progress --delete / /Volumes/<your big partition name> done! then i've deleted the temporary osx partition ... worked very well Edited March 18, 2007 by *MiK Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-326441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufgedyng Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) Thanks, I'll give it a try. Gparted did not work, it could not read the filesystem of a HFS partition. Gave your version a try but Acronis refused to boot from my large partition seems like the bootsector of my disc 2 got trashed when i removed my original small partition. I tried another method... 1. Make a .dmg of the partition you need to enlarge and save it on another disc. 2. Delete the partition and create a new with the size you want. 3. Restore the .dmg to that partition. 4. Done There just got to be an easier way since you´re stuck if you don't have any disc to put the .dmg file on. Edited March 18, 2007 by Aufgedyng Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-326604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestevo Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Sorry about that. Thanks for givin' feedback though. I'll put that rumor to rest. Good luck, Stephen Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-327004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufgedyng Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 No problem , thanks anyway for trying to help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/45208-non-destructive-osx-partition-resize/#findComment-330203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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