Tool to resize Mac partitions

[David Hacker]

I downloaded the source and tried to compile in OS X and it said Darwin  
is not a supported target arch.
So no joy there.

David C. Hacker, DVM
212 N 1st St #2
New Salem, ND 58563
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On Jun 9, 2004, at 6:08 PM, Greg Hamilton wrote:

> 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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