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[mtrog007]

I am supposed to convert a fat32 partition into mac os extended (journaled or something like that) in disc utility. This is during the setup of 10.5.1 using kalyway boot disc. How exactly do I do this? It only says I can erase a partition, choose what type, name, then erase. There is NO option that simply says "click here to convert from fat32 to mac os extended (journaled)." Can anyone enlighten me?

[westwaerts]

if you erase it, you change type of partition.

 

( for understanding, you need a FAT partition to be recognized and writable in OSX, NTFS is only readable supported in osx,

for installing and booting OSX you need HFS+ and a partitioning table GUID or MBR)

[mtrog007]

So what exactly do I need to do? Do I go under erase for the fat32 partition, select the mac os extended (journaled), type in a personalized name, and click erase? Will that convert it to a type writable by kalyway disc?

[lilSoldier]

Yep, that's right

[mtrog007]

I don't get it. I did exactly that but yet it dismounts the leopard partition, I can't mount it again, and I look at the details at the bottom and it says its still msdos (fat32). It didn't even convert it!

[lilSoldier]

Well there's one ;ast thing I can think of, but it will only work if you have windows installed:

1. right click "My Computer" and click "Manage"

2. Choose Storage, then disk management

3. Right-click on your fat-32 partition and choose "delete" or something along those lines

4. Open up the command prompt (press the windows key + r to bring up run, then type "cmd" and press enter)

5. Type "diskpart"

6."select disk n" (where n is the disk number you want to install Mac onto i.e. if you only have one hard drive, it will be 0)

7. "create partition primary size=n id=af" (where n is the size in MB you want your new partition to be

8. "exit"

9. Reboot, and try and do the same thing (erase again) and you should have no problems