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DeathMan · May 4, 2003, 09:43 PM

For some reason, I've been under the impression that I could split up a partion without wiping the entire drive that the partition was on. I have a 15 gig partion on a 100 gig drive, that I'd like to cut up into several others.

I'd like to be able to split this 15 gig up without needing to format the whole drive.

I couldn't see how to do this with the drive tools that come with OS X. Is there a 3rd party solution for this?

starman · May 4, 2003, 09:58 PM

I've been looking for one for years. You could do it on the PC, why not on the Mac? If anyone has a way to repartition a "live" partition, please let us know.

Mike

mrtew · May 4, 2003, 10:16 PM

I think you can stop looking for a way to do this.

theory · May 4, 2003, 10:54 PM

I don't think there are any programs that
will let you do that for the mac.

Then again you probably wouldn't use it
because it would be a little too risky
I think.

starman · May 4, 2003, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by theory:
I don't think there are any programs that
will let you do that for the mac.

Then again you probably wouldn't use it
because it would be a little too risky
I think.

I've been doing it on the PC for years. Never lost any data doing so. Why can't you do it on the Mac?

There's no "Ghost"-type app either. Yes, there's "Carbon Copy" but that's drive-to-drive, not drive-to-file.

Mike

Brass · May 4, 2003, 11:59 PM

Originally posted by starman:
I've been doing it on the PC for years. Never lost any data doing so. Why can't you do it on the Mac?

There's no "Ghost"-type app either. Yes, there's "Carbon Copy" but that's drive-to-drive, not drive-to-file.

Mike

There's always the "tar" command

Mr. Blur · May 5, 2003, 12:15 AM

it only runs in os 9 at the moment so those with the newer hardware are out of luck but FWB Partition Toolkit may be what you are after. Supposedly there is an X version in the works too....

moki · May 5, 2003, 01:54 AM

For what it is worth, this is technically possible -- it just isn't easy to write, and no one has stepped up to implement such a thing under Mac OS X.

Simon · May 5, 2003, 03:50 AM

Originally posted by moki:
For what it is worth, this is technically possible -- it just isn't easy to write, and no one has stepped up to implement such a thing under Mac OS X.

Not even Ambrosia?

I've been asking around for ages for something like this. Haven't found anything like it yet...

JLL · May 5, 2003, 04:57 AM

Originally posted by starman:
Yes, there's "Carbon Copy" but that's drive-to-drive, not drive-to-file.

Mike

CCC can make a disk image.

SpringArmor · May 5, 2003, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by Mr. Blur:
it only runs in os 9 at the moment so those with the newer hardware are out of luck but FWB Partition Toolkit may be what you are after. Supposedly there is an X version in the works too....

Yep. I think FWB pre-annouced an OSX verion of Partition Toolkit at the show. It should be shipping anyday now.

stew · May 5, 2003, 06:54 AM

Use Linux' partition tools.

Simon · May 5, 2003, 07:32 AM

Originally posted by stew:
Use Linux' partition tools.

With HFS+ ?

MrNo · May 5, 2003, 08:53 AM

Who needs third party tools when you can image Macs with the disk utility, I've done it so many times ...

gatorparrots · May 5, 2003, 09:06 AM

Originally posted by starman:
I've been looking for one for years. You could do it on the PC, why not on the Mac? If anyone has a way to repartition a "live" partition, please let us know.

Modify partitions without wiping the entire disk
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...21119053614569

typoon · 02:42 PM

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THIS!!!!! FWB Makes a program call Partition toolkit. You need to boot from an OS 9 startup disk do use it but it works. I've used it several times.

Check it out...http://fwb.com/html/partition_toolkit.html

starman · May 5, 2003, 02:53 PM

Originally posted by MrNo:
Who needs third party tools when you can image Macs with the disk utility, I've done it so many times ...

I DO!

Disk Utility won't work if the drive's over 2GB. It bitches that it won't continue. It won't span, either.

Mike

SpringArmor · May 5, 2003, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by typoon:
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THIS!!!!! FWB Makes a program call Partition toolkit. You need to boot from an OS 9 startup disk do use it but it works. I've used it several times.

Check it out...http://fwb.com/html/partition_toolkit.html

The current version of Partition Toolkit doesn't support FireWire drives and it cannot expand a partition. I was told by one of the FWB engineers the next version will support OS X, FireWire drives, and expanding a partition.

SpringArmor · May 5, 2003, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by typoon:
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO THIS!!!!! FWB Makes a program call Partition toolkit. You need to boot from an OS 9 startup disk do use it but it works. I've used it several times.

Check it out...http://fwb.com/html/partition_toolkit.html

The current version of Partition Toolkit doesn't support FireWire drives and it cannot expand a partition. I was told by one of the FWB engineers the next version will support OS X, FireWire drives, and expanding a partition.

stew · May 5, 2003, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by Simon:
With HFS+ ?

Sure. Partiton with Linux, format with MacOS. Where's the problem?

Simon · May 6, 2003, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by stew:
Sure. Partiton with Linux, format with MacOS. Where's the problem?

Dude, no Mac user needs any Linux tools to format any disk. But unfortunately that's entirely and 100% NOT the point.

This is about re-partitioning an not about partitioning.

I see no way that I could take an existing HFS+ disk and re-partition it with Linux tools without losing any data...

READ the thread first.