How to re install SL and un partition the drive?

Hi all, I've just received my Mac Pro and I have a problem that for some reason I can't sort out:( I don't want my HD to be partitioned but even after erasing the drive and re installing SL it is still partitioned. Never had a problem like this before on either my G5 or macbook using Leopard.
Anyone know how to sort this?

do you actually see this extra partition in disk utility? and are you choosing the whole drive or just the volume when clicking on info? when you choose the whole drive there is no partitions entry in the info popup. when you choose a volume the last entry is *partition number*. it will be 2 because of the hidden EFI partition present on every GUID partitioned drive. that's completely normal. your other drives must be partitioned with either APM or MBR partition scheme and don't have the EFI partition. so this is totally normal and has nothing to do with whatever problems you have when installing Nexus.

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The TC drive cannot be partitioned without removing it.. did you do that?
If you partition it you must use a Mac disk utility and use the HFS+ ie standard Mac format. And GUID partition table not windows type.
You can select erase disk in the airport utility.. that will take the disk back to original format. No partitions. TC is deliberately not partitioned as it is not a media server.. it is a backup device for TM. Over time .. the disk will be filled with TM backups so you have a long history of file changes to your computer.
There is no media server in the TC.. it is merely disk storage.. you can serve files from it to a media device.. but the TC itself is dumb as dumb.
Now the actual format of the drive is irrelevant to the PC.. The TC offers SMB file services to the network. You can copy files to and from the TC as if it was a local disk without caring one iota about the format. The TC handles that .. it is not a local disk .. it is a network drive.
Although you cannot partition the TC. you can still copy files to it.. this does have implications for TM.. but as long as there is plenty of free space should not be a major issue.
You can create a disk image via the disk utility in a Mac.. and as stated you can create partitions if you do it on a Mac with the disk directly connected which means breaking warranty if any exists on the TC.

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