Re: Mandrake Linux Instructions

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:00:40 GMT

On 20 Jul 2004 09:38:28 -0700, James Carter wrote:

> I've been having trouble with creating partitions now. I tried to
> use the instructions given in the help files, but it didn't work. Is
> there a program that I could use?

What you want to acomplish is to create an unformated/unknown/free
partition on your disk.

You can wipe your drive and re-install leaving the free space. :(

You can try using your current operating system's tools.

You can buy a commercial product like Partition Magic. You defrag
your system first, then use PM to shrink a partition to create the free space.

For the cost of PM you could buy another drive.

You can find a partitioning tool for download.

Please bookmark the following, very large,
Frequently Asked Questions (faq) Search engine:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
partitioning tool in the first box
*linux* in Newsgroup, U need 2 use *, pick English

Results 1 - 10 of about 3,050 English messages for partitioning tool
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