Partitioning tool
sorry for so newbie question? is there any software to live partition the boot disk of my build? i was looking around and nothing found yet, but iPartition, and … there's issues about that one? i'm looking for other soft that let me live…
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sorry for so newbie question?
is there any software to live partition the boot disk of my build?
i was looking around and nothing found yet, but iPartition, and … there's issues about that one?
i'm looking for other soft that let me live resize partition, or just partition and resize.
any suggestion?
Edited: I'm talking about MBR partitioned disk
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@TaistoUmm, i know that Disk Utility can resize GUID partitions, but i think it will erase it. If you think about resizing partition @MBR maybe you`ll find this usefull : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89960 ↗ Seems to work, it`s quite easy and free. PS. If you would find any Mac app which can resize partition live - let me know, i…
so you're saying use gparted
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Umm, i know that Disk Utility can resize GUID partitions, but i think it will erase it. If you think about resizing partition @MBR maybe you`ll find this usefull :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89960 ↗
Seems to work, it`s quite easy and free.
PS. If you would find any Mac app which can resize partition live - let me know, i could use the tool aswell
@erick2redso you're saying use gparted
Yes using gparted with journaling off should do the trick...
Worked for me...
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| @erick2red | Primary Author | 2 | 2009-04-08 → 2009-04-09 |
| @Taisto | Contributor | 1 | 2009-04-09 |
| @andyvand | Contributor | 1 | 2009-04-28 |