Removing/Resizing YDL?

[nicole]

I used VolumeWorks to resize my OS X partition before installing YDL 
and have not had any problems with the partition at all.  I still 
recommend a full backup first though.

nicole

On Aug 1, 2004, at 4:55 PM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Mr. Pillsbury:
>
> Charles Pillsbury wrote:
>> This is probably more an OS X question... I've yet to get YDL working
>> perfectly on my G4 iBook and I'd like to reclaim more of the linux
>> partition to use in OS X.  I'm fine with re-installing YDL but would
>> LIKE to avoid having to reinstall OS X to do so. IF I adjust the OSX
>> Partition within OSX is this likely to cause any problems? is it
>> likely to cause any problems in just linux, OS X or both?
>
> As Dr. Hacker points out, you cannot resize Mac partitions without 
> using third-party tools. One such tool -- untested by anyone on this 
> list -- is VolumeWorks by SubRosaSoft ($50):
>
> <http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/product_info.php?&products_id=431>
>
> I wouldn't trust it, to be honest. Your best bet is to do a full 
> backup of both your Mac OS X and YDL partitions, and do a "nuke and 
> pave" reinstallation.
>
> As a workaround, you could try ext2fsx. ext2fsx is a Mac OS X 
> extension that allows you to mount and read/write ext2 partitions in 
> Mac OS X (YDL uses the ext3 filesystem, which is ext2 with journaling 
> tacked on). This will allow you to use some of your YDL space to store 
> documents and files, especially those you want to access from both YDL 
> and Mac OS X. ext2fsx is reasonably stable, and no one I know of has 
> reported any problems with non-beta versions:
>
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsx/>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
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> DOT net>
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