Mike2732 Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Do I need to partition my harddrive before beginning Mac OSx86 Leopard install? Or do they have an option to partition during the install? Please help me, this is all I need to know before I begin installing Thanks Mike2732 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 21, 2007 Author Share Posted November 21, 2007 Anyone..... Also I should add, I have XP installed, and would like to dual-boot with Leopard. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 I'm sure spamming is against the rules... Please... Need help! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 lol thats actually a nice site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Please this is irrelevant please! Back to the subject! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 This is such a simple question, why can't anyone answer it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalieaire Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 uhm yeah, first, did you try booting the install cd, at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 ......Please....... I just need to know if I need to partition my harddrive before hand, or after. I don't want to start installer not knowing what to expect. Such a simple question, I'm sure it could have been answered instead of you saying "uhm yeah, first, did you try booting the install cd, at all?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Diskutility (included on the install disk) can not partition a drive non-destructively. If you need to change the size of partitions you'll need some other utility for that, I use the GParted Live CD. It will however let you erase an entire disk and reformat and partition it however you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Ah, so I will have to use a disk utility before hand... So if I partition my harddrive in half using Norton Partition Magic, on XP, then run the MAC OSx install, I will be able to install on the newly created partition right? Thanks for the help, get back to me as soon as you can, Mike2732 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Objection Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Ah, so I will have to use a disk utility before hand... So if I partition my harddrive in half using Norton Partition Magic, on XP, then run the MAC OSx install, I will be able to install on the newly created partition right? Thanks for the help, get back to me as soon as you can, Mike2732 Yeah, that'll do it. When you boot off your OSX install disk choose your language and go under Utilities at the top. You'll see a utility called "Disk Utility." Once Disk Utility loads you'll see a list of your drives and their partitions. Select the partition you want to install OS X on and click the Erase tab. You'll want to format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (which is what we call "HFS+") and give it a name like "Leopard" (since most guides assume you'll use the name "Leopard" and you can always change it later). After its been erased and formatted Mac OS Extended you'll be able to quit disk utility and it'll appear as a valid install location. Attached is a pic of disk utility so you can take a look at what it'll look like before you get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troisd Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 This is a forum, not IRC... posting every hour or so won't help. Don't forget to run the CD found in that famous brown boat site, search for "format make bootable leopard". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike2732 Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 @troisd What's "famous brown boat site"? @Objection Thanks so much, I really appreciate the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalieaire Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Think Johnny Depp. @troisd What's "famous brown boat site"? @Objection Thanks so much, I really appreciate the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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