[X4U] Re-combine partitions?

[Wayne Clodfelter]

zapcat wrote:
> I'd made one of my minis a dual-boot OS X/Linux install on the internal 
> drive. I'm now done with linux, but now have four partitions left from 
> that, and would like to combine them into 1.
> 
> is there no way short of reformatting the whole drive?

Well, that is the best way to do it. Of course you have a backup, right? 
Amazing how many folks don't. And if you don't, now would be an 
excellent time to get one. Hard Drives are dirt cheap these days.

And if you do already have a bootable backup of your startup volume, the 
best way is still to erase the drive which does away with the 
partitions. Use Disk Utility to erase the drive, or partition the drive 
if you want more than one volume on the drive.

But if you don't want to erase the drive, there are a few 
utilities--Drive Genius 2 is one ot them--that claim to be able to 
partition on the fly, meaning that partitions can be added, removed, or 
made larger or smaller. Even then, however, it is a good idea to have a 
backup just in case something goes wrong.

-- 
Regards,

Wayne Clodfelter
<wayneclodfelter at mindspring.com>