1 Topic by mk12 (edited by mk12 2009-08-09 20:51:08)

  • mk12
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2009-08-09
  • Posts: 3

Topic: [SOLVED]Gparted messed something up..

I tried installing ubuntu on my macbook, but It didin't work so I tried to delete its partitions and make macintosh hd take up all of the internal drive again. I couldn't delete "linux swap", so I burned live cd onto a cd and booted it and removed linux swap, nothing else. Applied, restarted, and now the macbook won't boot anything - not the macintosh hd, not the install dvd, not external drive, it just has the apple logo, then broken folder logo (crossed circle) and hangs there. in single user mode, it hangs on Still waiting for root device (prints it again every 2 minutes or so). What hapenned? I worked fine before... Please help.

2 Reply by mk12

  • mk12
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2009-08-09
  • Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED]Gparted messed something up..

I solved it, so incase anyone has the same problem, I just removed te battery, held power button for 5 seconds and it worked. Seems fine now, and now that the Linux swap partition is gone, I was able to resize macintosh HD to take up the entire 150 gigs. It didn't work at first, but then I repairs the disk permissions (in disk utility) and it resized fine. Thank you so much for making gparted live cd!

3 Reply by class413

  • class413
  • Moderator
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2007-05-25
  • Posts: 2,376

Re: [SOLVED]Gparted messed something up..

Thank you for the tip.

If solved, you can add [SOLVED] in the thread title, by editing your starting post!
smile

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***

4 Reply by mk12

  • mk12
  • New member
  • Offline
  • Registered: 2009-08-09
  • Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED]Gparted messed something up..

Yes, my entire macitosh hd is backed up as a bootable clone on an external hard drive.