Ugh. Partition Trouble. |
December, 12, 2002 8:43 AM |
tippingj |
Greetings to all. Here WAS my current HD setup, in order. 8000mb OS X Partition 2400mb OS X Partition (for whatever) 700mb OS X Installation Partition (used to copy the CD over) 1500mb OS 9.1 Partition Now. OS X 10.1 can BOOT from my CDRom drive just fine. I recently obtained the full 10.1 disk. 10.0 wouldn't work properly. So. I deleted the middle two partitions (2400mb and 700mb). Had no problem there. Now.. 8000mb OS X 3100mb Free (<- want to put this into one complete HFS+ partition for OS X) 1500mb OS 9.1 But my software (FWB insists on installing its driver), and OS X's Disk Setup both say that they cannot create the partition on the startup disk. I can boot from OS 9.1 CD and then copy whatever application needed to another HD to load up.. But how can I create one WHOLE partition in the gap that the other two left- WITHOUT redoing the entire drive or installing some crazy disk driver?? What software should I use? |
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RE: Ugh. Partition Trouble. |
December, 20, 2002 1:26 AM |
joevt |
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I would use pdisk to fix the partitions. Can't remember where I got it though. I had no problem using Disk Utility in OS X to setup my drive. I used that because it was an IDE drive and I wanted to put all the OS 9 drivers on it so that I could move it to FW, IDE or emulated SCSI interfaces (IDE controller cards like SIIG, ACARD and Sonnet Tempo Trio) and still use OS 9 with it. I guess Intech's Hard Disk Speedtools also does that but the OS 9 Drive Setup will not. You might have to do an "Erase Disk..." in the OS 9 Finder before installing OS X. OS X does not use the drivers stored on a drive. |
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Hard Disk Speed Tools |
December, 13, 2002 7:49 AM |
naturist |
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Word is that only Apples' Drive Setup or Intech's Hard Disk Speedtools are capable at this time of properly formatting and installing drivers that will work to make a boot disk that will work under OS X. I know that HDST can turn that middle now-unused space into a single partition, but the problem is that it is outright dangerous to "take over" the drivers on a disk made with some other formatter. I'd recommend copying everything over to another drive, then reformatting and restoring, lest you wind up in hard-drive hell. |
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RE: Ugh. Partition Trouble. |
December, 12, 2002 2:41 PM |
gchron |
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hmmm I had a nice utility for these situations. I think that it was pdisk. I do not remember where I had found it. And also I do not use it anymore. I think that this program was a macintosh edition of a UNIX patrition program. It did not had even a user interface it was in a text box with commands. I think that this could help you. I will try to search it over the internet or my CD roms in case you need it. Inform me |