partitioning disk error

when I get to the partitioning disk part of the bootcamp process, the blue bar which shows the progress of the partitioning goes full and does not change.

iMac 21.5" 4K, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 20, 2020 10:35 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2020 8:02 AM

Rebuild MBR to match the new GPT information thus resetting the Hybrid MBR. Use defaults for other questions (like partition codes). The only values that need modifications are the Boot flags and step 10. Accept all other defaults that Gdisk offers. Please see thesample Q&A as an example. These steps can be repeated if you make a mistake before you get to Step 12, otherwise start from Step 1 for these steps. Step 6 has numbers which are typed with a space between the numbers. Please see the sample Q&A before you execute these steps.


  1. Sudo gdisk /dev/rdisk0
  2. P (Print list of parts)
  3. R (Recover)
  4. O (print current Hybrid MBR)
  5. H (chooses Hybrid)
  6. Partitions numbers to be hybridized: 2 3
  7. Y (Good for GRUB question)
  8. N (part 2 boot flag)
  9. Y (part 3 boot flag make NTFS bootable partition)
  10. O (print current Hybrid MBR)
  11. W (Write the new MBR)
  12. Y (Yes! write the new MBR)
  13. Reboot


Here is sample Q&A for this section. Please notice the Press Enter/Return.


Place EFI GPT (0xEE) partition first in MBR (good for GRUB)? (Y/N): Y

Creating entry for GPT partition #2 (MBR partition #2)
Enter an MBR hex code (default AF): Press Enter/Return
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): N

Creating entry for GPT partition #3 (MBR partition #3)
Enter an MBR hex code (default 07): Press Enter/Return
Set the bootable flag? (Y/N): Y


Post the output of


sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

sudo fdisk /dev/disk0


for validation.

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