I wanted to remove Linux and try Windows (for some steam games) on my MacBook Air, but I had a little trouble. Using the Disk Utility (graphical program), I was only able to merge the existing JHFS+ file system with my Linux partition, but It wouldn't touch the swap. You can't just launch Boot Camp at this point because it will see the multiple partitions and refuse to run.
I tried to merge using the diskUtil command line, but it gave me the error: Merging partitions encountered error "Couldn't read partition map (-69876)".
So, I erased the volume and replaced it with a HFS+ with journaling. Then I launched the Disk Utility and it refused to let me merge them. For posterity, this is the command I used to erase:
diskutil eraseVolume JHFS+ new /dev/disk0s3
The result is that I had two Journaled HFS+ partitions that still couldn't be merged, but once I erased the volume from within the Disk Utility, it let me grow the remaining partition to fill the space. Boot Camp happily ran and created a new Windows Partition after that.
I tried to merge using the diskUtil command line, but it gave me the error: Merging partitions encountered error "Couldn't read partition map (-69876)".
So, I erased the volume and replaced it with a HFS+ with journaling. Then I launched the Disk Utility and it refused to let me merge them. For posterity, this is the command I used to erase:
diskutil eraseVolume JHFS+ new /dev/disk0s3
The result is that I had two Journaled HFS+ partitions that still couldn't be merged, but once I erased the volume from within the Disk Utility, it let me grow the remaining partition to fill the space. Boot Camp happily ran and created a new Windows Partition after that.
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Thank you, that solved my very similar problem
I'm glad it helped.
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