Question Corrupt partition? (I think)

-harvs · Nov 9, 2014

I tried to partition my macs HDD the other day so I could dual boot Ubuntu onto it.
It doesn't let me exceed over 22gb, My HDD is nearly full but i got Mac OSX re-installed fresh?
I've tried to partition before and my mac shut off mid partitioning. Have I got a corrupt partition?
If I do, how do I fix it?

My mac : Macbook 1,1

dariens007 · Nov 9, 2014

what distribution of linux are you using? there are some that will partition your harddrive for you so that you can dual boot both. seems that your a beginner so that is prolly the best option

now is your partition corrupt? if it shut off midway it prolly is. did you backup your data? if so good, reinstall your mac os. then pick linux distribution that has the option to auto-partiotn yoru harddrive for dual boot. pretty sure some one will chime on what what distributions support that. i think linux mint does....

-harvs · Nov 9, 2014

dariens007 :

I dont actually have a copy of mac osx, could I burn it to a usb or something?
and i was going to use Ubuntu, but ill try mint linux.

dariens007 · Nov 9, 2014

ah your mac didn't come with restoration cds? hmm...can you still boot into your operating system? maybe you can create some rescue cds

-harvs · Nov 9, 2014

dariens007 :

my cd drive doesnt work either, it just spits discs back out. Its a early 2006, ive already tried to make cds.

Ijack · Nov 9, 2014

I don't think that a Linux distribution will auto-partition a Mac disk. I'd be very wary about doing so. Use only the Disk Utility in OS X for this purpose.

Bear in mind that installing Linux, as a dual boot, on a Mac is a little bit more complicated than a PC: http://www.howtogeek.com/187410/how-to-install-and-dual-boot-linux-on-a-mac/

-harvs · Nov 9, 2014

Ijack :

I know how to dual boot it, I just need some help with my HDD.

Ijack · Nov 9, 2014

The obvious first step is to use Disk Utility to check the partition.

-harvs · Nov 9, 2014

Ijack :

I have, it gives me this error :

Ijack · Nov 9, 2014

Now you need a USB CD drive and some OS X 10.6 disks. You ought to find both on eBay pretty cheap.

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