GParted is a well known disk partitioning program. If you want to install macOS High Sierra or later versions, just use the Convert to APFS feature on Disk Utility. In this article, I will guide you to create a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) partition with GParted. In this case, you can use other tools instead of Disk Utility. Disk Utility will report MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation. This error occurs because the partitions created do not comply with Apple’s partition policy. In another case, if you are using a Seagate, WD My Passport or any other hard drive that you previously partitioned with another tool. If you are a Linux user or operating systems other than macOS, you probably use another tool.

Disk Utility only supports partition creation and formatting for Mac OS Extended (Journaled), exFAT, MS-DOS (FAT) and since MacOS High Sierra (10.13), it supports APFS. It supports creating, splitting, merging, resizing, deleting and formatting partitions on the hard disk. Otherwise, you may have to follow How to mount lvm partition on ubuntu.Are you having trouble creating Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and APFS partitions using Disk Utility? If so, you can create a Mac OS Extended partition using GParted, then convert to APFS using Disk Utility.ĭisk Utility is a disk utility on macOS operating system.

If things went well, you should see your lvm volume(s) in the sidebar of the ubuntu's file browser (Nautilus). Make sure all disks from the usb device are ejected on your mac sideĬlick the usb icon bottom right (Mine was a seagate, don't judge me) :P Open a terminal in ubuntu and install lvm2 sudo apt-get install -y lvm2

Insert guest cd from virtualbox menu devices > Insert guest cd image and install it, (I did this, but I don't know if it was necessary for usb support).

Grab virtualbox with extension-pack (usually works better)īrew cask install virtualbox virtualbox-extension-packĭownload a virtualbox ubuntu image (could be an other distro too btw, i used Ubuntu Linux 15.04 x86_64 with password reverse)Ĭonfigure a shared folder from the settings (optional, do this only if you want to copy data from disk to your mac)Įnable USB Controller from Ports settings (I used USB 3.0 (xHCI) controller) Note that using a virtual machine for data transfer will be slower than booting directly into a live cd. I went with Ryan's solution and it worked.

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