disk utility issues

Recovery console is on the partition you are trying to adjust

You can't do it that way. Only suggestion would be to boot to something like a linux/ubuntu live cd and use that disk utility or grab a copy of ipartition and boot from cd if possible.

 

Be careful; if you do what you are trying to do you'll lose the Recovery partition. How will you boot your mac?

 

if you have a time machine disk it is bootable and contains a disk utility. Boot up from your time machine disk and try doing the same thing...it will work since you aren't trying to work off the disk you have mounted.

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you won't lose the recovery partition....it is included in the blue area of used data. It is also protected. If you use time machine tho, its not really needed.