TheElementWithin Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 I am using This Guide to install OSx86 on a partition to dual boot with Windows XP, but I have a problem. How can I take 6.5GB off my primary partition (112 GB HD in Total) and set it aside for OSx86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElementWithin Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Double Post (Sorry), but would this program do the job? http://www.zeleps.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltakatei Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Double Post (Sorry), but would this program do the job? http://www.zeleps.com/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Try Partition Magic. It's shareware, but you can make a second or third partition without losing data. Just make sure you run something like Perfect Disk with aggressive defragmentation to speed up the process. Nice find on the freeware partition editor, though. Just backup your data in case things go down the tubes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElementWithin Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Forget what I had before. Now, I have 6.5GB of space AFTER my C:/. How do I create a primary partition of type 0xaf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 try using linux qtparted.. does the same as partition magic but its free.. i think knoppix has it .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightballx Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 To make a partition of the type 0xAF just use cfdisk (on a gentoo liveCD) to chnge type to AF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheElementWithin Posted August 20, 2005 Author Share Posted August 20, 2005 Okay I was retarted and didn't understand what I was reading. Now I navigate to the folder with DD and the OSx86 image and type this... dd if=tiger-x86-flat.img of=\\?\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 bs=512 skip=63 Nothing much happens, it shows copyright stuff and then it goes to a new line and stays blank. Help? I feel like such a total "n00b". :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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