Re: create HFS partition
On 14 Jan 2003, martin krung wrote:
> now my problem: i want to have a 6 GB hfs partition on the second disk.
> the partiton exist allready, the type is Apple_HFS, i created it with
> fdisk, although its not recommeded in the installation manual.
>
> if i boot from the macOS, i cannot see the HFS partition from the second
> disk. i tried to reformat it under macOS, "hard disk tool kit" knows the
> partiton but didnt allow to reformat it. i there any other software to
> use under macOS 9 for repartitioning ?
How about creating a FAT partition and formatting it under Linux (IIRC -
mkfs should allow formatting to create a FAT 16 or 32 partition) ? Then
in MacOS, the drive should be mounted and recognized, and you should be
able to reformat it to HFS at that time.
cheers
vinai
Reply to: