jthunder Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Two questions: Now that I have a 6gb hfs+ partition in the first block of the physical disk, what are my options for using the rest of the disk (resize hfs, create partition in the last half). This is difficult to do because OSX doesn't let you touch the boot drive (not just the boot partition). I quickly tried to boot from a live cd (system rescue cd) and use the linux parted tool, and fdisk, but nothing I did seemed to work. Any ideas or answers? UPDATE - see this post for the solution for the hardisk issue - Solution Secondly the graphics option defaults to 1024x768 on boot, I know that you can change it on boot by using the manual boot options, but is there anyway to permenantly store these new display settings? Thanks JT Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/579-hfs-resize-and-graphic-startup-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargarxp Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, I'm not too sure of this as I am gathering all my info before I reboot and pimp out my new 'install', but another topic mentioned adding an entry to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist for persistent boot kernel options. it was about how to make the platform=acpi|x86pc flag apply on boot, so you would add an entry like such: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>platform=acpi|x86pc</string> replacing platform=acpi|x86pc with what you want it to be. at the moment the flag for setting screen res escapes me, but I assume you already know it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/579-hfs-resize-and-graphic-startup-questions/#findComment-3494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthunder Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Well, I'm not too sure of this as I am gathering all my info before I reboot and pimp out my new 'install', but another topic mentioned adding an entry to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist for persistent boot kernel options. it was about how to make the platform=acpi|x86pc flag apply on boot, so you would add an entry like such: <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>platform=acpi|x86pc</string> replacing platform=acpi|x86pc with what you want it to be. at the moment the flag for setting screen res escapes me, but I assume you already know it <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You are saying that this should be replaced with the Graphics options? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/579-hfs-resize-and-graphic-startup-questions/#findComment-3540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gargarxp Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Not quite... In between the <string> tags should appear the string you want the OS to load with. So, it would be, <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>Graphics Mode=1280x1024x32</string> I think it is graphics mode, but you get the idea. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/579-hfs-resize-and-graphic-startup-questions/#findComment-4942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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