[SOLVED] Partition (/root too small)

I have a 7gig partition for my /root ...unfortunately this seems too small... Are there any safe / easy ways to beef that partition up..(say to 15gig) without going through the whole install processa gain.....I have plenty of free space on my main partition....hopefully I can borrow some room from that...
Last edited by BarefootSoul83 (2009-10-15 17:18:49)

Ehm, do you mean your root-Partition with the mount-point "/" or the home-directory of the user "root" with the mount-point "/root"? If it's the second one I'd reccommend to you not to save this much data in your root-account. If it's the first one, Gparted is your choice. Don't forget to backup before and take your time, resizing partitions can be very slow.
Edit: Oh I see that your problem is solved now, so my post is obsolete now...
Last edited by Samuel from beteigeuze (2009-10-15 18:30:10)

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- Using Disk Utility, you of course tried the disk Repair Tool and the Repair Permissions tool.
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2. Above the install screen, you have a Utilities tab from where you can run Disk Utility. Select your hard disk and select the Partition tab. Resize the primary Mac partition (don't add a new one) by decreasing it by about 5 GB.
It will look like this http://i.imgur.com/jHTbr.jpg
( That image shows only one partition, but the same principle applies even if you have two or more partitions on your disk.)
Also see the official Apple how to: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3926
Version française: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3926?viewlocale=fr_FR
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4. Reboot, again into the 10.6 install DVD.
5. You can then install 10.6.
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SOURCE (explaination for MediaKit error): some Apple discussion post.
nb: in my case, it was on a MacBook Pro (late 2008).

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How did you partition this drive, if you did that? Does it contain start up or utility partitions for any other OS (for instance Linux)? There have been reports that the "cannot be used to start up your computer" message will appear if a third party utility was used to create a 'triple boot' system or such, apparently because SL is picky about the format GUID partition scheme table info & how partitions are allocated space on the drive by other formatting/partition methods.
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