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I need Partitioning help please!
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1639522" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Well sounds like you may have stuffed up a bit. Beats me why people don't do a little research before doing this kind of stuff cause the info is freely available out there. Still maybe you did but missed something. Either way it's not for me to chastise you.</p><p>So here is the page I used to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro. I copied the page text and pasted it into a word document for reference I advise you to do the same. If you like you can print it as well. <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5934942/how-to-dual-boot-linux-on-your-mac-and-take-back-your-powerhouse-apple-hardware" target="_blank">How to Dual Boot Linux on Your Mac and Take Back Your Powerhouse Apple Hardware</a></p><p>You will see that you actually need another piece of software called rEFIt which will create another partition for itself.</p><p>I know we are working backwards here but perhaps this will jog your memory about something you did or did not do the first time.</p><p>It sound like you now have an empty partition on your HD or perhaps a corrupted one that you need to remove.</p><p>This site (on page 3) describes how to remove that in a step by step fashion. I strongly advise reading the whole article including the definitions on page 2. </p><p><a href="http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitysize.htm" target="_blank">Disk Utility - Add, Delete, and Resize Existing Volumes</a></p><p><u>Bear in mind the risks</u>, it states that you should have a full backup eg. Time Machine before attempting this. In fact you really should have had one before attempting to partition in the first place. Perhaps you do, if not do so now before attempting anything else or you run the risk of losing everything.</p><p>We can provide instructions on Time Machine if you need them.</p><p>Also, let me say welcome to this forum and don't worry about this issue you have, almost anything that can be done can be undone<strong> if </strong>you have a backup.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Rod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1639522, member: 204485"] Well sounds like you may have stuffed up a bit. Beats me why people don't do a little research before doing this kind of stuff cause the info is freely available out there. Still maybe you did but missed something. Either way it's not for me to chastise you. So here is the page I used to install Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro. I copied the page text and pasted it into a word document for reference I advise you to do the same. If you like you can print it as well. [url=http://lifehacker.com/5934942/how-to-dual-boot-linux-on-your-mac-and-take-back-your-powerhouse-apple-hardware]How to Dual Boot Linux on Your Mac and Take Back Your Powerhouse Apple Hardware[/url] You will see that you actually need another piece of software called rEFIt which will create another partition for itself. I know we are working backwards here but perhaps this will jog your memory about something you did or did not do the first time. It sound like you now have an empty partition on your HD or perhaps a corrupted one that you need to remove. This site (on page 3) describes how to remove that in a step by step fashion. I strongly advise reading the whole article including the definitions on page 2. [url=http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitysize.htm]Disk Utility - Add, Delete, and Resize Existing Volumes[/url] [U]Bear in mind the risks[/U], it states that you should have a full backup eg. Time Machine before attempting this. In fact you really should have had one before attempting to partition in the first place. Perhaps you do, if not do so now before attempting anything else or you run the risk of losing everything. We can provide instructions on Time Machine if you need them. Also, let me say welcome to this forum and don't worry about this issue you have, almost anything that can be done can be undone[B] if [/B]you have a backup. Cheers, Rod [/QUOTE]
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