Remove Linux partition on Mac. CoreStorage problems
I have a Macbook pro 2015 with a 256 GB SSD and a Linux partition. I would like to remove the partition. Following the steps written in here, I got stuck in the Modify step. Once I execute the command gpt add -b 409649 ... and than I do the diskutil list command, it does not appear any disk with the size 60 GB.
Does any one know how to solve my problem?
Solution 1:
By accident the OP took one command in the answer Remove Ubuntu and grow Mac partition literally and entered:
gpt add -b 409640 -i 2 -s 118430560 -t 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC /dev/disk0
to add a partition table entry, though his original macOS volume was much larger. The command above creates a ~60 GB CoreStorage partition right after the EFI partition.
No output of the previous partition table was available (sudo) gpt -r show diskX.
To recreate the partition table an external volume with a full macOS install, wxHexEditor and some knowledge about the typical sizes and internal structures of macOS recovery volumes is necessary.
- Install macOS to a thumb drive and configure it.
- Download and install wxHexEditor
- Search for the typical start blocks of the Recovery HD like in this answer.
- Recreate the Recovery HD with
gpt add -i 3 ... - Recreate the main macOS volume between EFI and Recovery HD partition
gpt add -i 2 ... - Verify the disk and the volumes with
diskutil verify[Disk|Volume] diskYsX - Expand the recovered main volume