I have used Partition Magic for several years with good results. Version
5.0 is by far the easiest to use. Actually I used it to resize and
repartition my drive so I could add Ext2. Resizing on the fly is not
difficult once you understand how it works which is to begin by
resizing a partition with empty space in it. A full partition that is
resized will loose data. For my way of thinking, PM isn't much different
than FDisk except I can make changes at a later date without
reformatting the entire drive. What I like best about PM is the ability
to hide a harddrive. Once hidden it doesn't spin.
Pj
Tony wrote:
>
> Look at "Ranish Partition Manager" it might help
>
> "Weave a circle round him thrice,
> And close your eyes with holy dread,
> For he on honeydew hath fed,
> And drunk the milk of paradise." (The linux user)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sheldon Lee Wen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning
> >
> >
> > > Mage,
> > >
> > > > I installed 6.1 a couple of weeks ago and liked it so
> > > Why not 7.0 ?
> > >
> > > > Is there a utility (like the commercial product
> > > > PartitionMagic) that will allow me to resize the
> > > > partition without having to reinstall?
> > >
> > > DON'T use PM to resize a linux partition. While they
> > > apparently have ext2 support I actually tried using it once
> > > to resize my linux root partition and it screwed up alot
> > > of files. Their support for ext2 isn't great, unless they've
> > > fixed it since then.
> >
> > I am currently evaluating PM 5.0 for a magazine review. Support for ext2
> > partitions is improved, and they even have a Linux "install" on the CD. I
> > would recommend PM 5.0 (I too had poor results with 4.01 and lower).
> >
> > Hoyt
> >
> >
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