On Jul 16, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Karl Kuehn wrote:
> On Jul 16, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Michael Gersten wrote:
>
>>> Disk Utility has no idea how to resize FAT partitions. It can't even
>>> resize non-journaled HFS+ partitions.
>>
>> Fine. I would be happy to be able to delete the Fat partition, and make new
>> ones.
>>
>> I cannot alter the partition table at all. Probably could if I erased the
>> whole disk, but that's a non-starter (I need the stuff on the other HFS+
>> partitions.)
>
> Better stated: Disk Utility can not change a partition table unless the
> volume is GUID partitioned, and cannot re-seize a volume unless it is HFS+
> [1].
>
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> Karl Kuehn
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>
> [1] It might well be that this is also limited to journaled volumes. I only
> work with default volumes, so don't play with non-journaled volumes anymore.
Believe me on this. Last week I tried to reduce a partition on a GUID
external, and got the "can not be resized" error. Batted my head for a long
time. Finally I noticed the partitions weren't journaled, turned on
journaling, and then everything worked like magic. It looks like they got
created as non-journaled because they had been created by using Disk Utility's
restore function from a DVD to a partition with erase previous contents checked.
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