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Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1?

From	"M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: DU partitions 2 -> 1?
Date	2015-10-20 15:30 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 10/20/15 10:49 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> M. John Matlaw <nouser@invalid.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Have you clicked on the other side of the pie chart or tried dragging
>> the circular "handle" at the bottom? I have never used El Capitan's Disk
>> Utility, but it looks like the first partition (on the right) is the one
>> selected (blue).
>
> Yes. I'm pretty sure you can't delete the very first partition, which is
> why I asked.
>
In addition to deep sixing extra partitions by erasing the drive it 
looks like the way to re-format is to simply pick a format version and 
hit apply in the partition menu.  Looks like I spent a lot unnecessary 
time avoiding the obvious.

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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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