Can I create unequal sized partitions with OSX?

I have a 256 GB hard drive and I want one partition at 156 GB and the second at 100GB. I am having trouble trying to do this since every time I try, OSX automatically creates 2 partitions of equal size.
Anyone know a work around in OSX for this? I would rather not purchase something like partition magic or whatever.
Message was edited by: megrove

Are you using Disk Utility? If so, you should select one of the partitions shown under "Volume Scheme", highlight the number in the "Size" box, and type in the size you want it to be. After hitting the Enter key, Disk Utility will automatically resize the remaining partition to take up the rest of the space.
You could also just drag the separator bar as shown in this image: http://0.tqn.com/d/macs/1/0/K/8/-/-/addpart500x414.jpg
Or drag the corner resize handle in the lower right corner of the partition, if you have that instead of a separator bar, like in this image: http://snowleopardtips.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/apple-disk-utility.jpg

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