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Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1?

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On 10/20/15 10:57 AM, Jerry Bishop wrote:
> On 2015-10-20 02:34:32 +0000, M. John Matlaw said:
>
>> On 10/19/15 4:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-19, M. John Matlaw <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> Don't see it.  The - button is greyed out.  OSX 10.11, DU 15.0.
>>>> Screenshot:
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mdsisuuqtemyoz/DUpartitionNot1.png?dl=0
>>>
>>> It's hard to tell from the image: Is the partition you are trying to
>>> delete the very first partition on this disk?
>>>
>> Actually, I don't care.  I'd just like to reformat the drive with no
>> partitions.  Earlier versions of DU (I think) let you re-partitions
>> with one partition.  Couldn't figure out how to do it in this version
>> of DU.
>
> Try unmounting the two partitions on the drive first, then see if it
> will let you delete the partitions and create a new one.
>
> [Side note: this is the first time I've looked at diskutility since
> upgrading to El Capitan.  Yowzah did they ever iTunes it up!  Do I
> really need the disk utility to tell me how much of my harddrive is
> audio/video/other?  Nope.]
>
> Good Luck,
> Jerry
>
Sadly, no joy.  Dismounted what has morphed into four partitions and the 
"-" is still greyed out.

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DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-19 14:10 -0400
  Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 20:50 +0000
    Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-19 22:34 -0400
      Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-10-20 05:22 -0600
        Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 14:49 +0000
          Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-20 15:30 -0400
            Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 20:43 +0000
        Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-20 15:04 -0400
      Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? Jerry Bishop <jerry.bishop@nowhere.nohow.com> - 2015-10-20 10:57 -0400
        Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-20 15:08 -0400
  Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2015-10-20 15:24 -0400
    Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 20:42 +0000

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