[Chicago] MacBook Pro

swg sgithens at caret.cam.ac.uk
Mon Nov 12 15:26:30 CET 2007


I primarily use Ubuntu on my Macbook, but keep OS X around and have them 
dual boot using bootcamp.

I used the built in partitioner on OS X, and while it worked, it seems 
to be very picky about the disk sizes.  I've found that if I use any of 
the configurations is offers by default, things seem to work ok, but 
everytime I've tried to make them the sizes I really want, it tarballs 
everything up and I end up starting from scratch...

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Isaac Csandl wrote:
> On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:23 PM, Patrick O'Hara wrote:
>
>   
>> okay i will
>> thank you.
>> Jason
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "jason gessner" <jason at multiply.org>
>> To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" <chicago at python.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Chicago] MacBook Pro
>>
>>
>>     
>>> i believe that disk utility on the mac will let you change your
>>> partition size without reinstalling.  check out the help before you
>>> try it though.  :)
>>>
>>>       
>
>
> Leopard's Disk Utility can do some minor resizing, but it's not very  
> flexible. The only thing I know of that will let you resize partitions  
> on a Mac any way you want, non-destructively, is iPartition, which is  
> not free, unfortunately, but it works very well (it's around $45  
> IIRC). Currently you have to run it from Tiger, but it will safely  
> resize Leopard-containing partitions and boot camp partitions, etc.  
> They say they'll have a version that runs in Leopard soon.
>
> Note: it doesn't work with SoftRAID.
>
> I've heard tell of people using a Linux installer CD and parted, but  
> can't vouch for its handling of Apple's partitioning scheme or HFS+...  
> anybody actually tried it?
>
> --isaac
>
>
>
>   
>>> On Nov 10, 2007 5:39 PM, Patrick O'Hara <pohara at virtualmotors.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hello all Non Windows users....
>>>> Question:
>>>> I have installed that   software / firmware/  to allow(s)
>>>> My Brand New macBook Pro to have multiple OS
>>>> running concurrently
>>>> But i have to partition the HDD
>>>> Does that mean i have re-install OS-10?
>>>> and then install the 2nd OS?
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Brian Ray" <bray at sent.com>
>>>> To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" <chicago at python.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 4:14 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Chicago] Updated wiki for tomorrow's gathering
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Nov 10, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Patrick O'Hara == friend of mine
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian Ray == jumps to conclusions
>>>>>>             
>>>>> My apologies, Carl, Patrick.  Just found some of the posts a little
>>>>> odd :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian Ray
>>>>> bray at sent.com
>>>>> http://kazavoo.com/blog
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>>           
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