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Use Boot Camp to create partition for 10.8?

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RaMaz07

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Dec 20, 2008
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Hello everyone,

Back when the Lion Dev Previews were out I was able to open Boot Camp on my original MacBook Air, create a partition for Windows, then go to Disk Utility, reformat the partition and then install the Dev Preview onto it.

But today I tried to do the same thing on my 2011 11" MacBook Air and it won't even let me partition unless it knows a formatted USB drive with Windows on it is present.

All I want to do is use Boot Camp to create a partition without having to wipe the drive. I would prefer to have a 10.7 and a 10.8 partition so when the next Preview comes out I can install that over the old 10.8 Partition.

I would really prefer not to make the entire drive 10.8.

Thanks guys
 
Why not use Disk Utility to create a second partition?


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Links to guides on how to use Disk Utility, the application Mac OS X provides for managing internal and external HDD/SSDs and its formats.
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This is bad news for those installing Linux as well -- Boot Camp is usually used to enable a hybrid partition table and legacy BIOS mode (for Windows, but then also Linux compatibility). There are ways to work without either, but much more complicated.
 
simsaladimbamba said:
Then this part of the bolded guide might help.
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You know, I totally missed that bottom section of the page. Originally I was reading it and it didn't seem like it was what I was looking for.

I never knew that Disk Utility can do this. It was fast, simple and just what I wanted.

and as I type this i'm installing 10.8.

Thank you Simsaladimbamba! :cool:
 
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RaMaz07 said:
Thank you Simsaladimbamba! :cool:
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No problem, and thank you for (indirectly) pointing out a flaw in that Disk Utility snippet. I revised it, to make it more accessible.


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Links to guides on how to use Disk Utility, the application Mac OS X provides for managing internal and external HDD/SSDs and its formats.
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