Hi, I should add that it was on a Tiger machine in Target Disk Mode from Leopard. A dangerous mode at best.
Thanks, Alex, On 11-Apr-09, at 8:27 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Alex, I need to correct you on your below note. > > You can definitely safely resize a startup partition while running > on it using Disc Utility. > > Simply select the appropriate partition by clicking on it. (I used > my MacBook's track pad button) and, provided that there is adequate > space on your drive, you can simply type the desired size in the > 'size' edit field. -Click apply; confirm and you're done!… -Simple as > that. > > Obviously, if you try to make your startup disc smaller than it can > actually be while still maintaining all of your software, you'll run > into issues. <smile> So working with partitions should definitely be > done with care, but it certainly is doable with Disc Util live, and on > the fly as it were. <smile> > > Thanks for your note and have a great rest of your weekend!… > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > View my Online Portfolio at: > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > On Apr 11, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > > Hi, > > Use IPartition. > Or, if you are adventurous or have a sighted person around, GParted > Live CD. However, I'd use IPartition which is $50. It is much safer > because we are sure it does the job. I don't know how VO Friendly it > is, but when you shrink or expand a start-up disk, you can't because > the disk is in use. If you did Target Disk Mode from another Mac and > did it, it would let you, but it would make the partition unusable for > startup. I messed up many a disk that way. > > > Thanks, > Alex, > > On 10-Apr-09, at 6:03 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > >> >> Hey All, Happy Friday to you!… >> >> I'm wondering if there's an accessible way to reclaim unallocated >> HD space? I.E. I currently have three partitions on my internal HD, >> and I've resized one to free up 5 gb of space that I'd like added to >> another partition. I can do the first resize to decrease one of the >> partitions just fine with VO. >> >> However, when I try to resize the other partition to make it >> larger, in the exact amount of 5 gb, Disc Util won't let me. It goes >> through the steps as if it's doing the operation, and does rewrite >> the >> partition table, however the size simply doesn't change. eek! >> >> I've also tried using amounts less than 5 gb but regardless of the >> amount I enter, it still seems to flip right back to the size >> before I >> edited it. >> >> Might anyone have any ideas why this is happening, or what I can do >> to deal with this?… As it is, I now basically have 5 gb of >> unallocated space on my HD that I can't seem to access. aaarrrggg! >> >> If it makes any diff, I'm doing the resizing from Disc Util on my >> startup disc, and the first resize made the non-startup partition >> smaller. (which worked fine) >> >> However, as I've been mentioning, I can't seem to increase the size >> of the startup partition which I'm currently running on. I'm >> wondering if this is an issue?… I haven't yet tried booting into the >> second partition and resizing the first from there, but, is this >> something people think might be worth trying?… -Or is there >> something >> else happening here I'm not aware of?… >> >> thanks so much for taking time to read this, and any suggestions >> would sure be appreciated!… >> >> Have a wonderful evening / holiday weekend for those whom >> celebrate!… >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> --- >> Follow me on Twitter! >> >> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >> >> View my Online Portfolio at: >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >> >> >>> > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
