happydays312 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi everything's running fine, i have 10.5.1 install on it i want to increase the partition size i've read zuza's guide my one problem is that i don't know how to make another partition with which to merge with the hfs partition my mac's on. a clear list of where to go would be appreciated i tried doing it in XP, just making a partition (and not formating it obv). the list of volumes people wrote in zuza's thread read: disk0 type name size id 1 apple_HFS BLAH 123Gi disk0s1 2 apple_HFS bla1 321Gi disk0s2 essentially. anyway, i cant find how to make my "type" of partition the apple_HFS aka mac os journaled i think that's where my problem lies people in zuza's thread state they used diskutility then went into the prompt, but i don't see how to partition it correctly without repartitioning/reformating the entire drive and i went into 'erase' and picked the mac os journaled option, clicked erase, but it doesnt work because the volume's greyed out on the left help is much much appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/cli/nondest...esizing_volumes As always, back up everything before messing with a drive partitions. Note: IIRC, this only works on GUID partitions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-648348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydays312 Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 well, {censored} i didnt install using GUID because i used MBR for it's bootloader (this guide http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=88264|) soooo.... any MBR guides out there?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-648371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohoo Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi, Zuza used Vista to create the extra partition. But not having access to Vista I used a bootable partitioning utlity. Create the Partition as a Primary but DO NOT click the format button. Boot into Leopard and follow Zuza's instructions from there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-648495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydays312 Posted March 1, 2008 Author Share Posted March 1, 2008 may i ask which bootable partition utility you used? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-649425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohoo Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Hi, I use BootitNG on a cd bootable. Remember to create a partition as Fat32 but do not format it. In ths utility there is a checkbox to ignore called 'format' in the properties of the created partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Kinda off topic here, but can I make a suggestion. Everybody go buy one of those cheap three or four packs of usb keys you see these days. Now make one a bootable dos key for flashing the bios and such, make another with SystemRescueCd on it, and make a third a bootable DiskWarrior OS X key with any other apps you want on it (like superduper and such). You can also make a multiboot single key if you want to get fancy. Much faster than booting from those slow CDs. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohoo Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Yes I would agree - it is kinda off topic. USB bootup is problematic for some of the most useful of utilities. It is not the be-all-and-end-all. The toolbox should include a variety of working solutions -some of which are on CD, some on USB and some even on floppy. Ideally everything would boot off a usb stick - but that's just wishful thinking at the present time. Also I think it is a bit presumptuous to expect happydays312 to be able to convert a bootable ISO into a bootable USB format if he/she cannot even get beyond the partitioning conundrum. Yours is a nice suggestion but some utilities present problems - especially those which do not have their own usb conversion tools. eg Memory testers. BartPE is not even reliable even though it does support conversion to usb. It is still a grey world - not black and white. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Well, I didn't mean it as a solve all, just a convenience for when a CD isn't needed (which is most of the time)... something else to put in your toolkit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohoo Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I see - so he's got this partitioning utility on a boot CD and just when he's about to use it he gets this wonderful suggestion from someone - "you'll find it more convenient if you just transfer that to your usb stick" And three hours later he's wishing he had just stuck the ferkin cd in the ferkin drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaporATX Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Or he could say, "Hey, I learned something new and useful today." You know, like learning what a freakin' troll is and how to ignore them. *plonk* Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-650784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydays312 Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thanks everybody much appreciatedactually, another question!how, or rather what partition program can i use in windows to increase windows' partition size? partition magic can't be run in windows when i have a mac partition it seems. i read somewhere i can 'run it in dos' although i dont know how to do that. thanks :Palthough any method would be helpful. my google skills are lacking these days it seems Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-655840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohoo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Put this in the Google search bar : "what partition program can i use in windows to increase windows' partition size?" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-655880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAvenue Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Use Parted Magic 2.1 live cd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90806-help-with-partition-size/#findComment-658268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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