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ducharmec · ‎06-07-2010

We have Macbooks running boot camp and Windows. The school has now
decided that they want the Windows partition made smaller. Has any ever
been successful at repartitioning with Casper without reimaging the Mac
side of the computer. I have tried sending a remote job with this
partition script :

#!/bin/sh

#The first percentage is the Macintosh HD partition percentage not the
Windows percentage. Run as an After Script.

/usr/sbin/diskutil resizeVolume Windows 70% MS-DOS Windows 0B

The job errors and tells me:

Script Exit Code: 1

Script Result: Volume Format Does not support Resizing.

I am assuming it is because the Windows partition is NTFS. Do I need
to resize the Mac Volume instead?

Thanks

Cynthia R. DuCharme

Technical Support SpecialistHelpdesk Support

VM 763-391-7221

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Cynthia,

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s iPartition... but this needs you to boot the system manually.

The Mac does not resize a DOS partition either. All you can do is erase and start again.

Are you using Casper to deploy the boot camp partition? It may be easier to erase the partition, resize the mac side or redeploy entirely... It would be faster.

Some of the problems you can have with used Mac partitions and resizing are fragmentation of your volume, which prevents the system from resizing. Hon
estly clean, quick and efficient, redesign the partition through Casper Ima
ging and redeploy.

Tomos

Tomos Tyler
National Project Manager
Tomos.Tyler at compnow.com.au

Computers Now Pty Ltd
222 Pacific Highway
Crows Nest NSW 2065

m: +614 0916 8532
f: +612 9957 4325

www.compnow.com.au

On 08/06/2010, at 1:05 AM, DuCharme, Cynthia (ESC) wrote:

We have Macbooks running boot camp and Windows. The school has now deci

ded that they want the Windows partition made smaller. Has any ever been s
uccessful at repartitioning with Casper without reimaging the Mac side of t
he computer. I have tried sending a remote job with this partition script :

#!/bin/sh #The first percentage is the Macintosh HD partition percentage not the Wi

ndows percentage. Run as an After Script.

/usr/sbin/diskutil resizeVolume Windows 70% MS-DOS Windows 0B The job errors and tells me: Script Exit Code: 1 Script Result: Volume Format Does not support Resizing. I am assuming it is because the Windows partition is NTFS. Do I need to

resize the Mac Volume instead?

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Bukira · ‎06-11-2010

Hi,

Thats incorrect sorry, if u install ntfsprogs.pkg and you can use ntfsresize,

attached

Criss

Criss Myers
Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
iPhone Developer
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
LIS Development Team
Adelphi Building AB28
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Ex 5054
01772 895054

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Coriolis iPartition... but this needs you to boot the system manually.

The Mac does not resize a DOS partition either. All you can do is erase and start again.

Are you using Casper to deploy the boot camp partition? It may be easier to erase the partition, resize the mac side or redeploy entirely... It would be faster.

Some of the problems you can have with used Mac partitions and resizing are fragmentation of your volume, which prevents the system from resizing. Honestly clean, quick and efficient, redesign the partition through Casper Imaging and redeploy.

Tomos

Tomos Tyler
National Project Manager
Tomos.Tyler at compnow.com.au
Computers Now Pty Ltd

222 Pacific Highway
Crows Nest NSW 2065
m: +614 0916 8532
f: +612 9957 4325
www.compnow.com.au

On 08/06/2010, at 1:05 AM, DuCharme, Cynthia (ESC) wrote:

We have Macbooks running boot camp and Windows. The school has now decided that they want the Windows partition made smaller. Has any ever been successful at repartitioning with Casper without reimaging the Mac side of the computer. I have tried sending a remote job with this partition script :
#!/bin/sh
#The first percentage is the Macintosh HD partition percentage not the Windows percentage. Run as an After Script.
/usr/sbin/diskutil resizeVolume Windows 70% MS-DOS Windows 0B

The job errors and tells me: Script Exit Code: 1
Script Result: Volume Format Does not support Resizing.

I am assuming it is because the Windows partition is NTFS. Do I need to resize the Mac Volume instead?

Thanks

Cynthia R. DuCharme Technical Support SpecialistHelpdesk Support VM 763-391-7221

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