Another #retrocomputing question:
My "new" old iBook G4 has a 120GB hard disk, which is entirely allocated to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard". I want to set aside 10 or 20 GB for Mac OS 9.2.2 "Classic". I can boot from CD into Mac OS 9.
Now I need a tool to resize the partition, preferably without destroying the Mac OS X partition.
I disabled journaling on the start drive and tried the following:
1. resizing with disktool
2. resizing with iPartition
Both don't work.
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#MacOS9 #MacOSClassic
I have (of corpse) backups of:
1. My home directory
2. /opt (macports)
3. MacOSX Software that I have installed
Is the solution really to repartition the disk and reinstall everything?
Thanks in advance. Please be so kind to boist
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#iBookG4 #MacOSX #MacOS9 #diskpartition
#retrocomputing #fedihelp
@alexshendi@rollenspiel.social IIRC, Drive Genius will allow you to non-destructively resize partitions, including the boot partition (if you boot from a CD first).
Download here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/drive-genius-1x
EDIT: Apparently you need version 2 for 10.5 compatibility, which you can get from here: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/drive-genius-2
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Thank you!
Currently downloading.
I'll finish my backups and try it out.
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Apparently it worked!
But I can't boot 9.2.2 from CD anymore.
Will try to reset the NVRAM!
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Resetting the NVRAM didn't work, but holding down the option key for the boot manager works.
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But the MacOS 9.2.2 Disk Setup doesn't recognise the free space. I tried to make a new partition with Mac OS X disktool, but it only displays the dreaded "rotating balloon".
Any suggestions?
#fedihelp #retrocomputing #MacOSX
Alexander Shendi
