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iPartition - Ok all good but...
Authored by: willjwade on Nov 30, '04 04:27:38PM
Ok I like to think Im fairly tech but..
How do I use iParition to resize my ipod??
What I want to do is put a small (approx 256Mb) windows partition - so when I skip to the office and use a windows machine I can move say word doscs around (instead of buying a seperate flash drive key ring or whatever). It should be possible but I cant figure out how. I have asked coriolis support and I got this
This is covered in the FAQ; the problem is that you are confusing space free *within* a volume (as reported by Finder) with space free in the partition map, which is what iPartition needs in order to create a new partition. Basically, before you can create a new partition, you will need to shrink an existing one to make more space.
Now looking at the faq I still cant fathom this out. It doesnt explain how I "shrink" it. I tried using disk 10 and diskwarrior and it wouldnt touch it when trying to optimise it (something to do with the drive being journaled). so what now?? I really dont want to go along the really complex and slightly dangerous it seems rout of pdisk and stuff (as mentioned here btw)

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iPartition - Ok all good but...
Authored by: werikblack on Dec 01, '04 10:47:57AM

Why don't you just format your iPod with FAT32? I had an iPod I did this with for a while just so I could transfer files. Volume format arguments aside, it was more useful for me this way. To do this, back up your music files, if applicable, and use the Windows iPod utility to set your iPod to factory. This will make it useable as a disk on both Windows and Mac. If you need to boot from your iPod on a Mac (which I don't recommend since it's extra drive thrashing), just save yourself the hassle and spend $30 on a 256 MB USB flash drive (or $70 for a 1 GB).



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iPartition - Ok all good but...
Authored by: DavidRavenMoon on Dec 01, '04 01:00:02PM
Why don't you just format your iPod with FAT32?

Does a PC formatted iPod work with iTunes on a Mac? Apple implies it doesn't, or at the very least says it's not supported.

Also back to the original question... Apple seems to use a special formatting technique for the iPod to prevent owners from swapping hard drives to larger ones. I'd imagine trying to partition an iPod would render it non functioning.


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G4/466, 1 GB, Mac OS X 10.3.6

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