Disk Utility won't erase a partition
So, it has been a long night...
I am hoping to dual boot Mac and Linux and so I used Disk Utility to partition a nice 40 gigs of free space for linux (Ubuntu), then I booted from the linux CD, created the Linux partition and installed it. Well, that didn't work because the mac bootloader didn't recognize the installation and it wouldn't boot into linux. (My cd also began to hang on boot up for some reason after this occured, so I couldn't get back that way either). I found out to use Boot Camp and of course that won't work because it requires there to be one Mac (journaled) partition, not a linux swap and such along with it.
So I open disk utility and try to erase the Linux and linux swap partitions and it just would hang. I made it through most of the movie Dodgeball waiting for it to do something but it just says "preparing to remove volume" and has a status bar as if it's doing something but it doesn't.
So, I booted up on a windows disk and deleted the linux partitions and even created a windows partion and when I boot into Mac it still shows both linux partitions and does the exact same things.
Are there any suggestions on how I can delete these 2 partitions listed in Disk Utility that may or may not exist?
I am hoping to dual boot Mac and Linux and so I used Disk Utility to partition a nice 40 gigs of free space for linux (Ubuntu), then I booted from the linux CD, created the Linux partition and installed it. Well, that didn't work because the mac bootloader didn't recognize the installation and it wouldn't boot into linux. (My cd also began to hang on boot up for some reason after this occured, so I couldn't get back that way either). I found out to use Boot Camp and of course that won't work because it requires there to be one Mac (journaled) partition, not a linux swap and such along with it.
So I open disk utility and try to erase the Linux and linux swap partitions and it just would hang. I made it through most of the movie Dodgeball waiting for it to do something but it just says "preparing to remove volume" and has a status bar as if it's doing something but it doesn't.
So, I booted up on a windows disk and deleted the linux partitions and even created a windows partion and when I boot into Mac it still shows both linux partitions and does the exact same things.
Are there any suggestions on how I can delete these 2 partitions listed in Disk Utility that may or may not exist?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.3)
