Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Smiley wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding re-installation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... So, any suggestion

RE: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Tony S. Sykes
the software and do what ever you feel comfortable with out of the suggestions put forward so far. Tony. -Original Message- From: Franki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux W2000 yeah, I'll agree

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 partitions, provided it is installed on Windows. I only have V5 which doesn't support anything past NT, but I think

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-03 Thread Aurélio Diniz
In my case, has i said before, PM7 worked fine to make a new partition for my linux. But first you must do the following steps before using it: - Scandisk and Defrag - Backup all you important data (just in case) Ando go for it! The worst that can happen is that you'll have to reinstall your

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Smiley wrote: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I didn't :) I bought PM6, which is already unsupported by

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Smiley wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that... So, any suggestion

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Acronis It comes with the power pack 9.0 El Mié 01 Ene 2003 23:38, Smiley escribió: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Guy Rouillier
- Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 PM6 is no good for partitioning where the windblows made partitions will be remade for the purpose of linux installs, don't

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread John Richard Smith
Guy Rouillier wrote: - Original Message - From: John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 PM6 is no good for partitioning where the windblows made partitions will be remade for the purpose

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Warren Post
El mié, 01-01-2003 a las 16:38, Smiley escribió: What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... FAT32 or NTFS? If the latter, I can't help you. But if the Win2K partition is FAT32, then try parted, available at Freshmeat or at:

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread FemmeFatale
At 10:41 AM 1/2/2003 +, you wrote: On Thursday 02 Jan 2003 12:05 am, Smiley wrote: On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I didn't :) I bought

RE: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-02 Thread Franki
not fix it, so I deleted it.. no use for useless software.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of FemmeFatale Sent: Friday, 3 January 2003 3:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 At 10:41 AM 1/2/2003 +

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread mike
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 05:38 pm, you wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Aurélio Diniz
Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. good luck filipe dinis - Original Message - From: Smiley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Smiley
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I didn't :) I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. I was reported PM 6 could mess all things up; if 7 is

RE: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread walt
PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux W2000 On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:30:02 - Aurélio Diniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I didn't :) I used partition magic 7 and all worked

RE: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread A. Contreras
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of walt Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Linux W2000 Just back up any data you need and just start over again..I've had nothing but trouble with partition magic and resizing partitions without loosing

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread FemmeFatale
At 11:38 PM 1/1/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hi, I know this topic isn't exactly new :) but I need help in order to allow a friend of mine to get rid of W2000 :-D What I need is to know how he can resize (avoiding reinstallation) of W2000 without losing any datas... I know diskdrake can't do that...

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread erylon hines
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 03:30 pm, you wrote: Smiley: Don't even think about resizing your win2k partition with diskdrake. It can mess up your win2k. I used partition magic 7 and all worked fine. It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't try

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Smiley
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 17:05:05 -0800 erylon hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't try it. Uhm... I was just told diskdrake can resize ntfs partition, but can't move datas; so defragging on W2000 and being sure how

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread Chuck Burns
On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 19:05, erylon hines wrote: snip previous-reply It is o.k. to use diskdrake IF the W2k partition is FAT. If it is NTFS you shouldn't try it. Partition Magic will work, but it will only do ext2, and be careful--it can mess up your partition table (for sure--it

Re: [newbie] Linux W2000

2003-01-01 Thread erylon hines
On Wednesday 01 January 2003 06:05 pm, you wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 19:05, erylon hines wrote: snip previous-reply I've used PM for years with my Linux installs, and all I do is resize the FAT32/NTFS partition(s), and then create the *nix partitions with the DiskDrake, cfdisk, et al.