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tugaware

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Sep 10, 2010
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Hi. I would like to install fedora on a different partition. I search some tutorials and all of them told me to create free space on the HD.
I saw that I could do this by dragging something on Disk Utility.app, but when I try to do it i can't find it. Is anyone having this problem on a MBA 2010?
 
Assuming you are trying to install fedora in a new partition in your start up disk. You need to run disk utility by rebooting and hold command + r (because you cannot partition your boot disk when you are booted with it)

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5845

Be sure to backup before doing it.
 
tugaware said:
Hi. I would like to install fedora on a different partition. I search some tutorials and all of them told me to create free space on the HD.
I saw that I could do this by dragging something on Disk Utility.app, but when I try to do it i can't find it. Is anyone having this problem on a MBA 2010?
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Here is a walkthrough how to shrink your main partition then add a new one to the end like you want.

Make sure you have a backup first in case anything goes wrong.

csvke said:
Assuming you are trying to install fedora in a new partition in your start up disk. You need to run disk utility by rebooting and hold command + r (because you cannot partition your boot disk when you are booted with it)
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Yes you can.
 
I know but on my disk utility.app doesn't appear that little widget on the bottom of the partition. I think it's because I have a password on EFI.
 
tugaware said:
I know but on my disk utility.app doesn't appear that little widget on the bottom of the partition. I think it's because I have a password on EFI.
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I don't believe an EFI PW will do that (I may be wrong?), but I know if you have Filevault turned on you cannot resize. Do you have FV2 on?

If you do, you could turn off Filevault, then resize, then turn FV2 back on, but when you use Filevault it alters the boot process to actually initially boot from the recovery partition, then only boot into the main partition after the PW is entered.

I fear if you try to install Linux you are going to alter the EFI boot process and break things. :eek:
 
I had FV2 on. Ill try to do that with the FV off.

After this ill try to install linux and see what happens. Hope that everything is going to be ok :D
 
I turned off the FV2 and still doesn't appear the widget on the bottom of the partition. Is there something more that i can do?
 
Hi,
I really don´t want to add bulk to my MBA. I though using a pen, but without usb3 or thunderbolt I think it's better to not use it.

I really like the good old days of the 10.4.6. I think OSX is getting worse after that. And now about all the security issues I prefer open source software. I know i'm getting a little paranoid but I like security above all.
 
tugaware said:
I turned off the FV2 and still doesn't appear the widget on the bottom of the partition. Is there something more that i can do?
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Hmm... that's odd. I have used it before like this. I have FV2 so on, so can't test for you.

Try a command-r boot to recovery and use Disk Util from there.
 
Even with with the boot disc utility I can't do it. Ill try to reinstall the osx and then do that.
 
I really don't like running OS on VM. They never get the same performance. I want to explore the max from linux.
 
tugaware said:
I really don't like running OS on VM. They never get the same performance. I want to explore the max from linux.
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Unless you need to do some serious number crunching a VM is totally fine and if you did need to do some number crunching you wouldn't be installing it on a MBA with it's low voltage CPU, would you?
 
OP, what is your goal? So far, you've asked how to install Fedora, and that you want to play with Linux "to the max", but since you are running into problems, it might help to know what it is you are trying to do.
 
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