Create a partition manually?

Hi, I want to install a bootcamp partition and when I startup bootcamp assistant, I see: "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition".
A search turned up that I must have one partition on the startup disk. I have two, "HD" and "DATA". Rather than start over with just one partition, can I create my own 3rd partition - "BOOTCAMP" and then continue the install process?

Sure, but it won't work, you will still have too many partitions.
Do it correctly, the other ways are nests of snakes.

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How To Create the HP_TOOLS partition manually?

Hello,
According to HP, you can create the HP_TOOLS partition manually with type FAT32 and make the partition name HP_TOOLS. I installed Windows 8 on my MSata Drive after I upgraded it and for some reason you can't install the HP_TOOLS on those drives it always gives an error. So When you download the HP UEFI Support Environment from the drivers/software from HP, it will install it on the Hard Drive which I use as a backup drive now.
However, when you restart the computer and hit F2, you do not have the full feature to even run a system check, I have to boot it from a USB instead. How do I fix this problem so I can do a "Custom" install back of the HP Tools and be able to use it without any issues?
What I have done was create a partition on my msata with 2.01GB like it created on my HDD. I made it Fat32 and named it like it said HP_TOOLS. I then copied over the Folder from the HDD to the MSATA Drive. Still it does not work. Any advise would greatly be appreciated!

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How can I create my own tag name while creating a partition table.

I have X4500 running Solaris 10. I have formatted a disk and created partition table as given below.
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t0d0
[disk formatted]
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 is part of active ZFS pool zpool1. Please see zpool(1M).
FORMAT MENU:
disk - select a disk
type - select (define) a disk type
partition - select (define) a partition table
current - describe the current disk
format - format and analyze the disk
fdisk - run the fdisk program
repair - repair a defective sector
label - write label to the disk
analyze - surface analysis
defect - defect list management
backup - search for backup labels
verify - read and display labels
inquiry - show vendor, product and revision
volname - set 8-character volume name
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
format> partition
PARTITION MENU:
0 - change `0' partition
1 - change `1' partition
2 - change `2' partition
3 - change `3' partition
4 - change `4' partition
5 - change `5' partition
6 - change `6' partition
select - select a predefined table
modify - modify a predefined partition table
name - name the current table
print - display the current table
label - write partition map and label to the disk
!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
quit
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk sectors available: 1953508749 + 16384 (reserved sectors)
Part Tag Flag First Sector Size Last Sector
0 usr wm 34 4.00GB 8388641
1 usr wm 8388642 2.00GB 12582945
2 usr wm 12582946 200.00GB 432013345
3 usr wm 432013346 175.00GB 799014945
4 usr wm 1166180386 375.43GB 1953508748
5 usr wm 799014946 175.00GB 1166016545
6 usr wm 1166016546 80.00MB 1166180385
8 reserved wm 1953508749 8.00MB 1953525132
partition>
I am unable to specify my own tag name. How can I change the tag name to one of my interest.
I need to create 3 partitions as told below
partitions:
/earth
/mars
/work
/earth and /work should be roughly equal in size, /mars should be twice the size of the others, if that is possible. If not 3 partitions of equal size will do.
Please, help me .
Thank you.

Exactly 1TB? Slightly under/slightly over?
Traditional Solaris disk labels are in VTOC format, but this format cannot describe disks larger than 1TB. So EFI labels must be used on disks larger than 1TB. Setup is slightly different.
Are these physical disks or LUNs from a SAN array? If they are array LUNS, it is often the case that they don't have a Sun label of any type. So...
#1 Apply a Solaris label
If the LUNS don't have a label (when selected in 'format', it gives a warning that no label is present and offers to apply a label immediately). When run non-interactively, format assumes "yes" for any questions. So all you'd have to do is select every disk to have it apply labels to any unlabled disk. Run 'format' once and find the highest number (maybe it's 50 for you). Create a text file that looks like this:
disk 1
disk 2
disk 3
disk 50Then feed that to format like this:
# format -f /tmp/disklist or whatever you've named the file.
#2 Apply the partition layout to all disks you want.
You asked if you should do the same procedure, but I don't see that you've actually done anything above other than print out the existing layout. Take one of your 48 drives and partition it the way you want manually (set the slices to the sizes that you want). Then you can copy the layout of that disk to others. You only want to do this between disks/LUNs of the same size. As an example, if you've explicitly partitioned c1t0d0 and you want to apply this to c1t1d0, do this:
# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2Repeat for all of your other disks.
Darren

Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro

Hi Everyone,
Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro.
The bootcamp drivers have been downloaded from apple's website. Filename: BootCamp5.0.5033
I have a iMac 27" late 2013 model.
NOTE: I have downloaded the drivers manually from apples support site as the bootcamp wizard fails third of the way through the download.
Appreciate any assistance.
Regards,
asdutoit

There is a missing point in this thread, and it is that the Boot Camp drivers for the Late 2013 iMac can only be downloaded from Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp drivers available in the Apple site are not compatible with that iMac.
Delete the Boot Camp drivers from the USB drive, open Boot Camp Assistant and try to download the Boot Camp drivers again. If you get a message telling you that they could not be downloaded, I would try reinstalling OS X through OS X Recovery, by holding down Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up

Creating a partition for UEFI (Install Help)

Hi everyone. I've been trying to search for an answer for this for a while and have came up blank. I'm ready to switch over to Arch Linux officially, after testing it in VirtualBox for a while. However, I'm a tad confused on some of the documentation for the partition setup for UEFI motherboards.
I understand partitioning can be more of a 'personal preference' type of thing, but was wondering if someone might be able to assist me in how it should be setup.....
Reading from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … n_in_Linux, should I create the partition like so or should there be a separate boot partition for UEFI?
Should it be setup like this?
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux 15440 <-- FAT32 Filesystem for UEFI
sda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 1024
sda3 Primary Linux {rest of space}*
or like this...?
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux 15440
sda2 Boot Primary Linux 512 <-- FAT32 Filesystem for UEFI
sda3 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 1024
sda4 Primary Linux {rest of space}*
Additionally, secondary question, from the Beginners Guide, it has the following line for installing GRUB..
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck
For "--efi-directory=/boot/efi" is this something that I will need to create manually? I saw some forum posts where people needed to place something in their bootable usb drive, but I'm using a Live Disk. Thanks.
Edit: Solved second question.
Last edited by Quill (2012-09-07 03:33:01)

After much research, I've found a lot more information on this. I'm going to take this approach I think..
Setup partitions like:
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
sda1 Boot Primary Linux 15440
sda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 2048
sda3 Primary Linux {rest of space}*
After setting up file systems.. Then do this..
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# mkdir /mnt/boot/efi
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot/efi
When installing GRUB..
# pacman -S grub-efi-x86_64
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=arch_grub --recheck
# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Can someone confirm if that is the correct setup? Also, as it states I need to make it a FAT32 Filesystem, will this affect anything if I have my entire boot partition on FAT32?
Last edited by Quill (2012-09-07 04:05:57)

[SOLVED] Use clonezilla, or create new partitions then copy?

I'm migrating my Arch for the first time. What would you recommend for a complete newb in this area, cloning the disk with some tool like clonezilla, or creating partitions manually and copying everything over?
I saw a few threads on how to make partitions and copy stuff over, but they all leave me with uncertainties. Would cloning the hard drive be an easier option?
Last edited by trusktr (2012-04-01 21:50:09)

trusktr wrote:
Hey graysky thanks for the answer. Could you also provide some insight into why not using clonezilla?
For a someone doing this for the first time ever (like me), creating the new Linux partitions seems kind of tricky. The only time I've ever created partitions was from the Arch Install CD which made them automatically. I'd imagine that I would create each partition with the same size, except for the putting all the extra space of the new hard drive into the home partition.
Best for learning now. Making a partition is easy to do. Just be sure you carefully keep track of drive letters when doing it. Plus, the last time I looked, clonezilla wasn't updated for several years and didn't support ext4. This may have changed though.
Advice: draw out on paper your partition scheme, sort of like a map. ie
/ 15 GB /dev/sda1
/boot 200 MB /dev/sda2
/var 10 GB /dev/sda3
/home <<rest of drive>> /dev/sda4
Then use a util like fdisk or gptdisk to do the partitioning itself. If using GPT, make sure to have an empty 1 MB partition for the BIOS!
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GPT
Here is a nice walk through using GPT --> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SS … DED_METHOD

Wanna create a partition... getting warning about windows partition.

hi,
ii am trying to create a partition in my macbook which has leopard and xp installed as dual boot. now i want to create the partition in the mac area. i am getting a warning saying...
+this disk appears to be partitioned for boot camp. changing the partition map may make this disk unbootable using windows+
what should i do?

No. Have you read the manual for BootCamp?
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237
If something goes wrong, you need a 2nd drive for backup - and to boot from.
BC does not support more than one HFS+ volume.
Are there ways around it? well, people have done triple boot (linux, OS X, Windows).
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go/source=webAug8

I have a 1TB external hard drive (NTFS) that has all my files from my old PC, how do I create a partition on it for HFS without formatting it so that I can use it for Time Machine and the like?

I have a 1TB external hard drive (NTFS) that has all my files from my old PC, how do I create a partition on it for HFS without formatting it so that I can use it for Time Machine and the like?

There aren't any 3rd party apps or anything. I use PC's and Mac's at school and the only computer connected to a printer at my house is a PC so i need access to both

How to create a partition using the free space of an existing[SOLVED]

Hi Guys,
Since I could not install fifa 09 using wine on linux, I need to create a partition where I can install windows first in order to install fifa 09 on it. How can I create a partition using the rest free space of my , for example, /home partition?How can I do it in a secure way (meaning without doing something to my existing archlinux installation files and system files) ?
Thanks.
Please see this post:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109402
Last edited by Archie_Enthusiasm (2010-12-08 19:23:46)

Use Parted Magic. But you *should* backup any important files just in case, regardless of method you use. You never know. Someone could unplug your computer, a power surge might happen, etc. A cousin of mine actually did something similar while I was gaming, the extension cord has a red button which he "accidentally" pressed. I would've cracked his skull had he done it while resizing a partition.
Anyway, the partitioning scheme should be the first thing you do when you decide go this route (dual booting). I remember about a year ago I forced myself to use Linux by formatting the entire drive to ext4, except for the 2 GB + 20 GB ntfs partitions. It was what kick-started me on this path. Here's my partitioning scheme for both computers, maybe you'll get an idea and do something similar:
Older computer:
2 GB ntfs - MicroXP
8 GB ext4 - Arch Linux + Home dir (to keep the dot files organized in one place)
20 GB ntfs - games partition
Rest is for media, formatted as ext3 with inode 128 (so it can be loaded as Read-Only in Windows too via Ext2fsd so they won't be affected in case of a virus infection)
New computer:
20 GB Windows 7
10 GB Arch Linux + home dir
50 GB games partition
Rest of the space is ext4 mounted to /media
Note that they're all primary partitions for remembering easier (sda1, sda2, sda3, sda4) instead of a combination of primary and extended which would probably look like sda1, sda5, sda6, sda7, etc.
Last edited by DSpider (2010-12-03 13:02:26)

Is it possible to make the attachment icon on my journals form a compulsary step when creating a new manual journal entry?

Good day,
Our company uses EBS 11.5.10.2. The company has a policy whereby any new manual journal needs to have the supporting documentation attached to it, using the attachment icon in the task bar.
Users sometimes forget to do this, though. This has now prompted management to request that we try and make this process of attaching a document when creating a new manual journal compulsary to the process.
Is this possible on the current version we are running on?

Well, that depends on if you are using client/server or web. Currently there is a bug being investigated, which is preventing the cursor size from being altered. For client/server, do the following on the client machine (assuming Windows):
Control Panel > Accessibility Options > Display > Cursor Width
By increasing the width, the cursor will be more visible. The same is expected to work on the web, but currently is problematic and being investigated.

Cant Able to Create New partition after uninstall Ubuntu, Please help!

Hello Everyone,
i installed Ubuntu before but i don't like it, then what i did is, (i had windows 7 dual boot with ubuntu) while running windows 7, i deleted Swap area partition and home partition of Ubuntu, then i saw that partitions are combined which was fine, but when
i tried to create it, a error appeared that "there is not enough space available on the disk to complete this operation"
hence i cant able to create unused partition, how to fix that,
i even tried to create from windows 7 disk too, but same error,
Please help me.
PICTURE : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/getfile/455232

Go to
http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Free-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html and download the Partition Magic utility.
This problem is caused by Windows not recognizing the Ubuntu partitions. Windows is not designed to work with foreign partitions so this problem is caused by Ubuntu.
Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

Should I create a partition on external drive for iTunes music?

...or will it create it's own space outwith my backup stuff?
(Secondary question: would moving my iTunes music from internal to external drive noticably improve performance of my Mac? I'm using about 135GB of a 250GB drive, 60GB of which is in iTunes Music folder)

Should I create a partition on external drive for iTunes music? or will it create it's own space outwith my backup stuff?
I see no good reason to create a separate partition unless you're backing up with Time Machine. TM prefers to have it's own volume, so in that case partitioning would probably be a good idea.
would moving my iTunes music from internal to external drive noticably improve performance of my Mac? I'm using about 135GB of a 250GB drive, 60GB of which is in iTunes Music folder.
No, probably not. As long as you're not getting the drive too full - opinions vary but about 20GB remaining should be plenty for most uses - you probably won't see any overall change in performance just from moving the iTunes content.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

I had created a partition in my drive, one of which was protected. Unfortunately, I do not remember the password. How do I open that partition? Most of the features are greyed out when I go to disk utility? Help Please!!!

I had created a password protected partition on my drive and unfortunately have lost that password. Please guide me if the drive can be partitioned? To give some more details - I had created 3 partitions, one is main start up drive, then 2nd partition which was password protected and the 3rd partition without password again.
I have used some of the tips Kappy had given on one of the earlier discussion but that has not worked either. Help Pls

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How to create raw partition in a local zone?

I tried to search for an answer for my question, but I spent a week and still no luck.
What I am trying to do is to create raw partitions for Sybase in a local zone. I tried to add device and set match to the block and raw device.
However, when I tried to do "format", I got core dumped. When I did zpool create, I got permission denied. Any advice?
zonecfg:z001> info
zonename: z001
zonepath: /export/ZONE/z001
autoboot: true
pool:
limitpriv:
fs:
dir: /shared/tmp
special: /tmp
raw not specified
type: lofs
options: []
net:
address: 10.110.1.2
physical: e1000g1
device
match: /dev/rdsk/c6t60060160DF2413003E2F0C2DF945DC11d0
device
match: /dev/dsk/c6t60060160DF2413003E2F0C2DF945DC11d0

You can't manipulate pools directly in a non-global zone. I'm not sure if you can run 'format'. You can use at least a limited amount of globbing. You might want to put a '*' at the end of your matched device name.
You can hand off a raw partition via 'match' and put it under UFS control, or with recent versions of Solaris Express, you can delegate a portion of a ZFS filesystem to the zone.
See the ZFS administration guide:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/zfsadmin.pdf
Especially the section on using ZFS in a zone (page 171). Note the guide is for the most recent version of ZFS in OpenSolaris. Versions available in Solaris 10 may not have all the same features.
Darren

How to create recovery partition in new(changed) HDD.

my new HP pavilion g4 laptop HDD have crased, then I replce it by HP care. I upload original win 7 by recovery disk(DVD) but when I open my computer it shows only one partition (C drive, there is no recovery partition and HP tool.
So how to creates recovery partition by recovery disk(DVD)...........please help me.

Creating the recovery partition
Right-click the start orb, and start 'Disk Management'.
Shrink the C: drive by let's say 20-30GB.
Then create a new Partition and assign the R: label to it and name it RECOVERY.
Then open command prompt as administrator and type: 'recimg /createimage <directory>',
In this case: 'recimg /createimage R:\' to save it on the new partition.
This step may consume a lot of time.
Now we need to register the newly created recovery image: 'recimg /setcurrent <directory>'
'recimg /setcurrent R:\'
Voila you are done.
Restoring from recovery partition
You may want to use this restoring method by default, because it is the easiest way to do so if your recovery partition is still intact. If not, look at the other recovery methods to see which suits you best. This is usually the way you reset or refresh your Windows installation if you purchase a computer from a brand like Lenovo instead of building one yourself
Press the Windows-key + C to open the charms bar or swipe in from the right.
Click Settings.
Click Change PC Settings.
Click Update & Recovery in the menu on the left.
Click Recovery.
If all your documents are safe and sound in your user folder, you can use Refresh your PC without affecting files. However I still recommend taking a back-up... If you want to do a complete reinstallation of Windows and also clean your user folder in the process then choose Remove everything and reinstall Windows.

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