Comments on: Boot Camp: Last Resort http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/ Technology and Mac geekery. One part exuberance, two parts obsession. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Collin http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141121 Collin Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:59:43 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141121 Sorry for the delay in feedback; A WordPress 2.6-incompatible plugin was causing emails not to be sent! @Derek: I tried that, too, and deleted a bunch of 1GB+ files with no luck. I was really hoping it would be that easy, but as you've seen, that didn't work out! :) @Corey, @scott: I could have used Time Machine, but I didn't have a spare FireWire or USB disk. The only available storage is on my network, and none of the disks are HFS+ formatted -- they're all NTFS or Ext3. Sorry for the delay in feedback; A WordPress 2.6-incompatible plugin was causing emails not to be sent!

@Derek: I tried that, too, and deleted a bunch of 1GB+ files with no luck. I was really hoping it would be that easy, but as you’ve seen, that didn’t work out! :)

@Corey, @scott: I could have used Time Machine, but I didn’t have a spare FireWire or USB disk. The only available storage is on my network, and none of the disks are HFS+ formatted — they’re all NTFS or Ext3.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141110 Jonathan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:24:15 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141110 Interesting approach. It seems to me it would have been easier to to use a firewire (or USB) external HD or boot another Mac in Target disk mode. Then use disk utility to create an image (you can do this while booting into the OS I believe). Erase and restore. Interesting approach. It seems to me it would have been easier to to use a firewire (or USB) external HD or boot another Mac in Target disk mode. Then use disk utility to create an image (you can do this while booting into the OS I believe). Erase and restore.

]]> By: Rogie http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141109 Rogie Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:13:37 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141109 Good writeup man! I'm sure will all my tinkering and the lack of a 160GB hard drive in non-favor of the 80GB one I have, I'll soon be in your shoes! Good writeup man! I’m sure will all my tinkering and the lack of a 160GB hard drive in non-favor of the 80GB one I have, I’ll soon be in your shoes!

]]> By: scott http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141104 scott Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:42:13 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141104 This isn't a solution to the original problem, but why didn't you just use an external USB or firewire drive to back up the mac partition? Would have saved you all that network restore trouble. This isn’t a solution to the original problem, but why didn’t you just use an external USB or firewire drive to back up the mac partition? Would have saved you all that network restore trouble.

]]> By: Corey http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141102 Corey Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141102 Couldn't you also just use Time Machine to make a backup of your current partition, and then install Mac OS X from the time machine backup after partitioning.. Seems a little less complicated for the end user, although I appreciate the imaging trick :) Couldn’t you also just use Time Machine to make a backup of your current partition, and then install Mac OS X from the time machine backup after partitioning.. Seems a little less complicated for the end user, although I appreciate the imaging trick :)

]]> By: Herve5 http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141100 Herve5 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:37:40 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141100 My elder son recently was in a similar trouble; he solved it without reformating by placing the mac disk in target mode then defragmenting it from another mac (lasted all night). The morning after the same bootcamp utility that failed after hours of rambling just created the partition in ten seconds. I myself am a definitive opponent of all those overvalued defragmenting utilities (all the more since OSX auto-defragments small files on the fly), but maybe that's the first time in my 20-year mac experience this thing appears useful ;-) My elder son recently was in a similar trouble; he solved it without reformating by placing the mac disk in target mode then defragmenting it from another mac (lasted all night). The morning after the same bootcamp utility that failed after hours of rambling just created the partition in ten seconds.
I myself am a definitive opponent of all those overvalued defragmenting utilities (all the more since OSX auto-defragments small files on the fly), but maybe that’s the first time in my 20-year mac experience this thing appears useful ;-)

]]> By: Derek http://www.command-tab.com/2008/07/15/boot-camp-last-resort/#comment-141098 Derek Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:24 +0000 http://www.command-tab.com/?p=425#comment-141098 I had this same problem while trying to setup Boot Camp, but I didn't have the resources to back up the entire drive. With some investigation, I read that the Disk Utility error is caused by large files (1GB+). So I simply deleted or backed up all of those files (disk images, iTunes movies, Parallels HDs, etc). Afterward, Boot Camp had no problem live-partitioning my drive. I had this same problem while trying to setup Boot Camp, but I didn’t have the resources to back up the entire drive. With some investigation, I read that the Disk Utility error is caused by large files (1GB+). So I simply deleted or backed up all of those files (disk images, iTunes movies, Parallels HDs, etc). Afterward, Boot Camp had no problem live-partitioning my drive.

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