Uninstall: how to get my partition back

[Mark]

hi all

Yes you can use pdisk to make it HFS:
 
1:type e to edit a device (usually /dev/ata1.0)

2:type p to list the partition map for that device

3:type d to delete a partition, if necessary (it will ask you what number)

4:type p again to see the results

5:type C to make a new partition (note caps.  mean you can specify type.
lowercase c will make an ext2(?) partition by default
enter the start block (listed in map above)
enter the size (listed next to the start block, can use a fraction and then
create another)
enter a name (can be fussy sometimes...I think some names are reserved)
enter the type (Apple_HFS )

6:type p to check what you've done

7:type w to write it

done!
Then when you reboot, you can initialise it as HFS+ through MacOS.  Just
remember that pdisk doesn't change anything until you tell it too
(thankfully)  and you can check to see if you've done it right before
writing the partition table.  Having said that, the usual caveats apply
about making backups etc etc

Hope it all helps

Mark 

> From: Marc Stergionis <stermarc@mac.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:33:22 -0700
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Uninstall: how to get my partition back
> 
> No pdisk won't try to reformat everything. What's bad is the daunting
> (to mac users) text interface where you have to input the block
> numbers and sizes that you want to repartition.
> 
> And I don't recall that you actually *can* use pdisk to get a
> partition to go back  to HFS ... Think I asked that on this list
> about a year ago (might want to check archives for "partition" and
> "HFS") ... and it  may have been on the YDL General List, not the
> Newbie.
> 
> :)
> 
> -ms
> 
> that At about 9:14 PM -0900 on 1/8/03, B. Charles Reynolds wrote:
>> You could always mount the YDL disk in the drive (while running OS
>> X) and use the pdisk utility.... I haven't used it. I suspect,
>> however, that it will behave much like fdisk for the x86 world and
>> try to format all of your partitions. :(
>> 
>> On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at 09:02 AM, Marc Stergionis wrote:
>> 
>>> At about 12:30 PM -0500 on 1/8/03, Ted Goranson wrote:
>>>>> Yes ... absolutely preferable to back up. Anyway, go back to HDT,
>>>>> select the drive and then select add or create volume in the
>>>>> menus (can't remember, don't have HDT on this machine, but it's
>>>>> there). You will then get a window allowing you to select how
>>>>> much of that free space to use, what to name it and what format
>>>>> (HFS+ etc.)
>>>> 
>>>> My HDT is quite old -- 3.02, and doesn't seem to behave as you
>>>> direct. I'll just take everything off and scrub the disk, I
>>>> suppose,
>>> 
>>> Nothing wrong with backing up and reinitializing. But 3.02 is not
>>> that old. I'm quite certain there's a create volumes function ...
>>> what behavior are you getting?
>>> 
>>> OK, I just found a backup of HDT 2.0.6. I forgot that HDT wants you
>>> to update drivers (to/with *their* drivers) in order to create
>>> volumes. This is usually not a big deal, with the usual caveat for
>>> a *current* backup. So it can be done.
>>> 
>>> Of course if you're running OS X then your HD drivers will be a lot
>>> newer than the one installed by HDT 3.02. I would probably backup
>>> and reformat.
> 
> -- 
> Many have Montana envy ... the lucky get to live here!
> Marc Stergionis
> Communications/Web Specialist
> Benefis Healthcare http://www.benefis.org
> "Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer."
> _______________________________________________
> yellowdog-newbie mailing list
> yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie