Tuesday, March 11, 2025

macos – I attempted to partition my inner Fusion Drive on intel iMac and ended up in a nasty state

How can I repair this and add two new partitions that I can use to twin boot linux distros. (I do not need assistance with linux set up, no less than not but, simply fixing my partition map)

Utilizing Disk Utility I attempted so as to add 2 new partitions to my 3TB drive in order that I can later twin boot with Linux. I didn’t get that far as a result of disk utility did not create the brand new partitions. I can nonetheless boot into macOS 10.15.7 usually (which is sweet). I booted into community restoration mode to attempt to create the partition once more, however now I see that my disk is in a nasty state. The disk utility UI appears to suppose I’ve a further almost 3TB of free house, and if I attempt to take away it, it says my whole house is 6Tb (and naturally it fails to replace the partition). Listed here are screenshots of the disk utility UI in addition to the partition map from terminal:

disk utility
extra free space

    /dev/disk0 (inner, bodily):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0    1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1    2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         121.1 GB   disk0s2 /dev/disk1 (inner, bodily):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *3.0 TB     disk1    1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk1s1    2:                 Apple_APFS Container disk2         3.0 TB     disk1s2 /dev/disk2 (synthesized):    #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER    0:      APFS Container Scheme -                      +3.1 TB     disk2                                  Bodily Shops disk0s2, disk1s2    1:                APFS Quantity Macintosh HD - Knowledge ... 195.6 GB   disk2s1    2:                APFS Quantity Preboot                 50.6 MB    disk2s2    3:                APFS Quantity Restoration                1.1 GB     disk2s3    4:                APFS Quantity VM                      2.1 GB     disk2s4    5:                APFS Quantity Macintosh HD            11.2 GB    disk2s5    6:                APFS Quantity Macintosh HD - Knowledge     11.2 GB    disk2s6 

diskutil apfs listing output:

APFS Container (1 discovered) | +-- Container disk2 D59C933E-37E8-48FE-B671-AC272A6BBAD2     ====================================================     APFS Container Reference:     disk2 (Fusion)     Dimension (Capability Ceiling):      3121506295808 B (3.1 TB)     Capability In Use By Volumes:   230344998912 B (230.3 GB) (7.4% used)     Capability Not Allotted:       2891161296896 B (2.9 TB) (92.6% free)     |     +- Quantity disk2s1 A7012289-272F-4EA0-B168-E10EBB5FB87A     |   ---------------------------------------------------     |   APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s1 (Knowledge)     |   Identify:                      Macintosh HD - Knowledge - Knowledge (Case-insensitive)     |   Mount Level:               /System/Volumes/Knowledge     |   Capability Consumed:         195606179840 B (195.6 GB)     |   FileVault:                 No     |     +-> Quantity disk2s2 21FA52C3-C8A1-41C6-AC99-D1E696B3E0B0     |   ---------------------------------------------------     |   APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s2 (Preboot)     |   Identify:                      Preboot (Case-insensitive)     |   Mount Level:               Not Mounted     |   Capability Consumed:         50577408 B (50.6 MB)     |   FileVault:                 No     |     +-> Quantity disk2s3 94C2B55E-F32D-4E14-BDBB-DA048A244577     |   ---------------------------------------------------     |   APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s3 (Restoration)     |   Identify:                      Restoration (Case-insensitive)     |   Mount Level:               Not Mounted     |   Capability Consumed:         1053560832 B (1.1 GB)     |   FileVault:                 No     |     +-> Quantity disk2s4 9765A942-E05E-4AB3-886E-1BC102CDF58C     |   ---------------------------------------------------     |   APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s4 (VM)     |   Identify:                      VM (Case-insensitive)     |   Mount Level:               /personal/var/vm     |   Capability Consumed:         2148552704 B (2.1 GB)     |   FileVault:                 No     |     +-> Quantity disk2s5 5A69CC11-7F08-42E0-8FA4-678ABEEC7CCB     |   ---------------------------------------------------     |   APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s5 (System)     |   Identify:                      Macintosh HD (Case-insensitive)     |   Mount Level:               /Volumes/Macintosh HD     |   Capability Consumed:         11237687296 B (11.2 GB)     |   FileVault:                 No     |     +-> Quantity disk2s6 3D0DB503-F92A-48CC-8994-E0C52020A4C5         ---------------------------------------------------         APFS Quantity Disk (Function):   disk2s6 (System)         Identify:                      Macintosh HD - Knowledge (Case-insensitive)         Mount Level:               /         Capability Consumed:         11228823552 B (11.2 GB)         FileVault:                 No 

partition map

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