Pixel wrote:
>
> Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > All partitioning operations demand all partitions to
> > be idle.
>
> this is not true. You can always run diskdrake or fdisk on a running system. The
> only restriction is that you'll have to reboot if one of the partition is
> mounted on the disk. Someone told me this limitation is kind of removed in
> kernel 2.4
>
> under DrakX, this is not even necessary as no partitions are mounted at the
> diskdrake step (there uses to be a mounted partition in hd install, but it
> should be ok now, at least if you have enough ram)
"this is not true" ? It seems to me that you are agreeing with me.
Unlike Partition Magic, Diskdrake, fdisk, and DrakX are not AFAIK
partitioning managers - do they allow you to non-destructively shift
space from one partition to another, including non-adjacent
partitions and partitions on other drives? And, I hope, eventually,
shift partitions between different machines on a network.
--
Regards,
Ron. [AU]
