Re: [SLE] partitioning tools
From: Stone Tool (owly_at_ttc-cmc.net)
Date: 01/20/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:15:29 -0700 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
I've been using a combination of tools.... Red Hat has an excellent version
of FDisk which is easy to use. Some versions of Linux refuse to install
into the partitions left by other versions so I go in with FDisk and remove
them. Installing Mandrake I found that on a disk with a single 100%
Windows partition it has a built in partition manager that allowed me to
resize the Windows partition to my specifications, and then installed it's
own partitions into the empty space without disrupting the Windows
installation a bit. I don't know if SUSI's YAST installer includes this
provision as I already had the disk split when installing SUSI.
Personally I like working with just plain old Fdisk ..... I've used
versions of Fdisk since the DOS days and trust it.
H.W.
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On 1/20/04 at 5:06 PM darryl penny wrote:
>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:24:57 -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote
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>> In the past, I have maintained versions of Partition Magic for use in
>> installfests. I'm a bit leary on trying parted on participants machines
>> without some experience.
>>
>> Is GNU Parted that comes with the SuSE 9.0 installer sufficient to
>> safely resize a Windows XP NTFS partition?
>
>Jerry, I have no experience using SuSE to repartition. However, if you
>have a
>copy of Knoppix, it worked like this for me:
>
>Reboot with Knoppix CD - it loads into RAM, mounting all partitions ro.
>Start a konsole, type su - no passwd needed :)
>Type qtparted and it's gui will fire up, displaying your drive/s
>Repartitioning is a breeze with this app.
>It's a Partition Magic clone written in C++ using the QT GUI Toolkit.
>Get this GNU software at:
>
>http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/
>
>I've used it more than once on laptops and desktops, never had a problem.
>!!Important!! - do a defrag on your 'other' OS 1st.
>
>HTH
>Darryl
>
>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:50:23 +0200
>> "darryl penny" <dpenny@ehs.wcape.school.za> wrote:
>>
>> > It came pre-installed with XP, so I loaded up Knoppix and used Qparted
>> > to repartition, making space for SuSE and a shared Fat32 part.
>> Is there any difference between Qparted on Knoppix 3.3 and SuSE's GNU
>> Parted.
>
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