Hi there everyone
Sorry I accidentally deleted the message this is in response to, but
actually there is an accessible program to resize partitions on OS X.
It's called iPartition. It's not free, cost is $50, but well worth it
if you do a lot of work with hard drives IMHO. It's one of those
programs that some features don't look accessible at first glance but
there's a lot of hidden keyboard support in there. You can grab the
demo and have a look at how it works, you can't commit your changes
with the demo but it'll give you an idea of what to expect out of the
interface. Have a look here:
http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iPartition.php
In particular, the resize feature can be done from the keyboard but
this isn't explicitly stated. Highlight the partition in the
partitions table and it will appear in the pie chart (yes, the pie
chart is accessible, and it will give you the current partition and
size). Use the left and right arrows to resize, note that arrowing to
the right makes it smaller not to the left in some cases, it depends
on where the partition is located on the disk and how the data is
layid out on the partition. At any rate, you'll be able to see the new
size as you go. Resizing of HFS+, NTFS, and FAT is supported.
The usual warnings apply, have a backup of the disk in question!!!
Partition resizing isn't a fault tolerant operation and even if you
don't make any mistakes the unexpected can happen--the power could go
out, etc.
