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diskutil resizeVolume: I'm attempting to resize partitions. Help?
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<blockquote data-quote="fdsafdsa" data-source="post: 1226703" data-attributes="member: 65505"><p>My Macbook has a partition for BOOTCAMP and a partition for MAC OS X. I want to increase the size of my MAC partition and decrease the size of my BOOTCAMP partition using the Terminal and the diskutil resizeVolume commands. I'm currently following the instructions from this link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/55274/2007/02/marchgeekfactor.html" target="_blank">Resize partitions on-the-fly | Utilities | Macworld</a></p><p></p><p>But I'm a little stuck and need help. I'm not very good with MAC or anything related to installing the OS, so I'm trying to be careful what I do. Here is my progress:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">user$ diskutil list</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">/dev/disk0</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> #:<span style="color: White">______</span>TYPE NAME<span style="color: White">__________________</span>SIZE<span style="color: White">________</span>IDENTIFIER</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> 0:<span style="color: White">__</span>GUID_partition_scheme<span style="color: White">___________</span>*500.1 GB<span style="color: White">______</span>disk0</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> 1:<span style="color: White">_______________</span>EFI<span style="color: White">_______________</span>209.7 MB<span style="color: White">______</span>disk0s1</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> 2:<span style="color: White">________</span>Apple_HFS Macintosh HD<span style="color: White">______</span>32.1 GB<span style="color: White">______</span>disk0s2 <span style="color: Red">(want to increase the size of this partition)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> 3:<span style="color: White">__</span>Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP<span style="color: White">_____</span>467.7 GB<span style="color: White">______</span>disk0s3 <span style="color: Red">(want to reduce this if necessary)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">user$ diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 limits <span style="color: Red">(checked without resizing other partitions)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">For device disk0s2 Macintosh HD:</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: White">______</span>Current size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes)</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: White">_____</span>Minimum size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes)</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"><span style="color: White">____</span>Maximum size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes)</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">user$ diskutil resizeVolume disk0s3 limits </span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Volume format does not support resizing</span> <span style="color: Red">(I'm stuck here)</span></p><p></p><p>So here are my questions. Is there a way to increase the maximum size of the MAC partition? Would I be able to make the MAC partition bigger if I reduced the partition with BOOTCAMP? Would I be able to reduce the BOOTCAMP partition if that's needed to increase size of the MAC partition?</p><p></p><p>Can somebody please help me?</p><p>Here is some general information about my Macbook if it would help:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Devices on MAC OS desktop:</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">-------------------------</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Macintosh HD</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Kind: Volume</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Version: 10.6.3</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Capacity: 32.08 GB</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Available: 10.42 GB</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Used: 21.66 GB on Disk</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">-------------------------</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">BOOTCAMP</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Kind: Volume</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Format: Windows NT File System (NTFS)</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Capacity: 467.69 GB</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Available: 498.33 GB on disk</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">About this Mac:</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">-------------------------</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Model Name: MacBook</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Model Identifier: Macbook 1,1</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Mac OS X version 10.6.3</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Processor: 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo</span></p><p><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Memory: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fdsafdsa, post: 1226703, member: 65505"] My Macbook has a partition for BOOTCAMP and a partition for MAC OS X. I want to increase the size of my MAC partition and decrease the size of my BOOTCAMP partition using the Terminal and the diskutil resizeVolume commands. I'm currently following the instructions from this link: [url=http://www.macworld.com/article/55274/2007/02/marchgeekfactor.html]Resize partitions on-the-fly | Utilities | Macworld[/url] But I'm a little stuck and need help. I'm not very good with MAC or anything related to installing the OS, so I'm trying to be careful what I do. Here is my progress: [COLOR="Blue"]user$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #:[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]TYPE NAME[COLOR="White"]__________________[/COLOR]SIZE[COLOR="White"]________[/COLOR]IDENTIFIER 0:[COLOR="White"]__[/COLOR]GUID_partition_scheme[COLOR="White"]___________[/COLOR]*500.1 GB[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]disk0 1:[COLOR="White"]_______________[/COLOR]EFI[COLOR="White"]_______________[/COLOR]209.7 MB[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]disk0s1 2:[COLOR="White"]________[/COLOR]Apple_HFS Macintosh HD[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]32.1 GB[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]disk0s2 [COLOR="Red"](want to increase the size of this partition)[/COLOR] 3:[COLOR="White"]__[/COLOR]Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP[COLOR="White"]_____[/COLOR]467.7 GB[COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]disk0s3 [COLOR="Red"](want to reduce this if necessary)[/COLOR] user$ diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 limits [COLOR="Red"](checked without resizing other partitions)[/COLOR] For device disk0s2 Macintosh HD: [COLOR="White"]______[/COLOR]Current size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes) [COLOR="White"]_____[/COLOR]Minimum size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes) [COLOR="White"]____[/COLOR]Maximum size: 32.1 GB (32078036992 Bytes) user$ diskutil resizeVolume disk0s3 limits Volume format does not support resizing[/COLOR] [COLOR="Red"](I'm stuck here)[/COLOR] So here are my questions. Is there a way to increase the maximum size of the MAC partition? Would I be able to make the MAC partition bigger if I reduced the partition with BOOTCAMP? Would I be able to reduce the BOOTCAMP partition if that's needed to increase size of the MAC partition? Can somebody please help me? Here is some general information about my Macbook if it would help: [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Devices on MAC OS desktop: ------------------------- Macintosh HD Kind: Volume Version: 10.6.3 Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Capacity: 32.08 GB Available: 10.42 GB Used: 21.66 GB on Disk ------------------------- BOOTCAMP Kind: Volume Format: Windows NT File System (NTFS) Capacity: 467.69 GB Available: 498.33 GB on disk About this Mac: ------------------------- Model Name: MacBook Model Identifier: Macbook 1,1 Mac OS X version 10.6.3 Processor: 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo Memory: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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