HD partition question

[BenWakin]

I want to split my HD so I can use half of it to put all my music and the other half for all my other applications. When I open up Disk Utility and select my HD, it won't let me partition it. Why not? If this info helps, I'm running 10.2.6 on an iBook.

[bousozoku]

Make sure you're booting from the Mac OS X CD-ROM because you can't format the drive from which you're currently booted.

[FattyMembrane]

to partition your hard disk, you would have to erase it, you can't partition a formatted disk. you could back up everything, reformat your disk with two partitions and re-install your things, but it might be more trouble than it's worth.

[crazzyeddie]

I dont really see why you would want to do that, since the music folder is in your home folder, and tends to work better on the same partition...

[BenWakin]

Thanks for the info. Just wanted to know for future references.