You seem to have found your way to `fdisk`. Keep in mind that its editing features have no real safeguards against accidentally using `erase` (which removes *all* the partitions) or editing a partition that Mac OS X is currently using, and also few safeguards against even entering numbers that don't make any sense, so be careful. You can use `fdisk` in interactive mode to edit the entries in the partition table: sudo fdisk -e /dev/rdisk1 Then edit your first blank partition table entry (e.g. `edit 3`), set it to type `AF`, press return for the default to the `CHS mode` question, press return to accept the default of starting the partition after the end of the last one, then enter the end sector number you want (the default is the end of the disk; to figure out one for a size you want: divide the size you want by 512 bytes to get the number of sectors you want, and then add that to the start sector number). Do a `print` to make sure it looks okay (nothing has been saved yet, so if there's a mistake you can just `exit` **(not `quit`)** at this point and try `fdisk` again.) Then `write` to save the partition table over the old one on the disk. If you get a warning that the changes will require a reboot, that's okay; answer `y`, and then reboot Mac OS X. Now the partition table has been updated, but it still has the old contents; Run Disk Utility, and from the Erase tab, choose the new partition, give it a name, and Erase it.