Tool to resize Mac partitions

[Greg Hamilton]

I'm pretty sure I read about a recent patch for GNU parted which adds  
HFS+ support. This allows you to resize a Mac OS partition from Linux.  
Could be completely wrong of course. I wonder if parted can be compiled  
for OS X?

On 10/06/2004, at 1:46 AM, Clinton MacDonald wrote:

> Friends:
>
> [This is a report and not an endorsement; I do not have any connection  
> with SubRosaSoft and I have never used any of their products.]
>
> Remember how we always say on this List that you can't resize a  
> Macintosh partition? Remember how we always tell folks that they must  
> erase and repartition their hard drives in order to install Yellow Dog  
> Linux (unless they had used the FWB drivers)? Well, we may have been  
> wrong.
>
> SubRosaSoft has released a new program, VolumeWorks (US$50) that  
> purports to do the impossible:
>
> "VolumeWorks enables you to resize and manage partitions (volumes) on  
> your hard drives. Unlike traditional methods VolumeWorks allows you to  
> shrink or expand partitions without erasing them. It is able to hide  
> partitions from most users, and can be used to delete or create  
> partitions. The new version adds the ability to shift a partition on  
> the hard drive, as well as reconstructing partition maps. Written  
> specifically for Mac OS X - it supports most native drive formats  
> (SCSI, ATA, USB, Firewire, etc.)."
>
> <http://www.subrosasoft.com/thestore/product_info.php?&products_id=431>
>
> Is it worth US$50 to avoid backing up one's data and reinitializing a  
> disk? That is up to you.
>
> Best wishes,
> Clint
>
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