Disk Utility Fails When Partitioning FireWire Drive

dmetzcher

dmetzcher

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I am getting this error when attempting to partition my FireWire drive.

"Disk utility has lost its connection with the Disk Management Tool and cannot continue. Please quit and relaunch Disk Utility."

I know that Panther users have been having this same error pop up when they attempt to repair permissions. Something about the iTunes 6.0.2 update. I attempted to remove the package files, which was the fix for that issue, and then partition the drive, but it didn't help. This is a different issue. I can repair permissions fine, as well.

Booting from the Mac OS X Tiger install DVD, and using Disk Utility from there, works just fine. I want Disk Utility to work from the startup volume, however.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can correct it?

Thanks!
 
A good number of posts about this problem with 10.4 on Apple's Boards.

Have you tried trashing the Chess application?
 
bobw said:
A good number of posts about this problem with 10.4 on Apple's Boards.

Have you tried trashing the Chess application?
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I think this was a different problem. I say that because I posted on Apple's boards, and someone replied to me saying that it's the first time something like this was reported with my version of Tiger (the other issue was Panther users only).

I was told to install the 10.4.6 combo update, so I did, and it worked. I tried a bunch of other stuff first (all having to do with the "cannot repair permissions" error - same error text as mine, but different activity caused it - that the Panther users were getting), like moving iTunes to the Desktop, trashing two of the four iTunes packages in the Receipts folder, etc. I didn't try trashing Chess, mainly because I saw that fix late (or early, depending on how you look at it) into the morning, and had already gotten a response on the Mac boards with the combo update suggestion.

It was weird, but I doubt it was anything that anyone else is going to see. It was just my machine, I guess. Oh well, I guess it was an experience. :-)
 
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