FW: Partitioning

[Richard Barry]

-----Original Message-----
From: kd4d at comcast.net [mailto:kd4d at comcast.net]
Sent: 28 October 2004 10:26
To: Richard Barry
Subject: RE: Partitioning


Hello:
 
Yes, there is something similar.  It can resize NTFS
partitions but can't move them.  The Partition Magic
clone is called qtParted.  I usually run it from a
Linux Live CD called the System Rescue CD.
www.sysresccd.org.  There is a link to the qtParted
home page from www.sysresccd.org.
 
Warning:  Running Parted from 2.6.x kernels, like
the Ubuntu install does, can trash your partition table.
Use a 2.4.x kernel like the System Rescue CD.  The
patches may have finally fixed this one, but it's easy
enough to just run it from a 2.4.x kernel...
 
Mark
 

-------------- Original message -------------- 

> Is there anything similar to Partition Magic available for Linux? I remember 
> the partitioning tool used in Mandrake can resize and move partitions, even 
> NTFS. 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com 
> > [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Waugh 
> > Sent: 28 October 2004 09:58 
> > To: Ubuntu Users 
> > Subject: Re: Partitioning 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:47 +1300, Mike Finn wrote: 
> > > I have a laptop with Windows XP sp2, 2.4ghz intel 
> > > mobile cpu, 1gig ram, 32mb vid card, 30gb harddrive with 
> > 12.5 gig free. 
> > 
> > > 1: Should the Linux partition be before the existing 
> > partition or after? 
> > > 2: Should there be just one partion ready for Ubuntu or 
> > should I create 
> > > the boot and swap as well? 
> > > 3: Partition Magic comes with "BootMagic"... Is this the 
> > best way for 
> > > dual booting? 
> > 
> > 1) Doesn't matter. :-) 
> > 
> > 2) There'll be two, one for the filesystem, one for swap. In the 
> > installer, choose 'manually partiton', then you can tell it to 
> > automatically configure the free space. The setup it chooses will be 
> > good for your system. 
> > 
> > 3) Nah, Ubuntu comes with grub, which is cooler (and more helpful, if 
> > you end up learning it). After you install, it should 
> > automatically have 
> > Ubuntu and Windows in the grub menu for you to choose from. 
> > 
> > :-) 
> > 
> > - Jeff 
> > 
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