On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote:
> > I've never partitioned/resized my hard drive in linux before but I want to so
> > I'm looking for suggestions on what the best (most stable) linux app is for
> > resizeing partitions.
>
> Linux app? As in *native*? Ummm... wait a year or so. At least. :(
What about GNU parted, has anyone used it before? It's beyond version 1.0:
"GNU parted allows you to create, destroy, resize and copy partitions. It
currently supports ext2 and FAT (FAT16 and FAT32) filesystems and Linux
swap devices, and MS-DOS disk labels."
> I recommend Partition Magic from PowerQuest Corp. Yes, it's a commercial
> product for Microsoft OSes. *boo* *hiss* But it *works*, and fantastically,
> where as with every other partitioning program -- *including Linux's fdisk* --
> I've encountered at least one bug that rewrites the partition table in a
> format that another OS chokes on.
>
> I'm sorry, but when it comes to my partition table, I pick the best product
> out there, and RMS can go suck an egg. :-) :-)
And then there are some of us that value our freedom more than
convenience. Imagine what would happen if everyone who needed a good free
software program that did this sent $30 to GNU (or another organization)
requesting it. It wouldn't be long before we had something *at least as
good* as Partition Magic, and we wouldn't have to pay for new versions of
the software.
I'm not going to start a potential flame war on this list, so I will make
no further comments. :)
> PM will resize and move DOS FAT12/16/32, OS/2 HPFS, WinNT NTFS, Linux ext2,
> and Linux swap partitions. That is resize -- non-destructively. It also
> includes the best GUI I've ever seen for managing partitions. *Finally*, a
> company that understands what an extended partition is! :-) I have *never*
> lost data with PM, which is a hell of a lot more then I can say for Linux's
> fdisk program.
Well, I suppose you are fortunate. I lost my Linux partition once [*] when
PM crashed while resizing it, and fsck couldn't recover it.
Good thing I had a backup, as Partition Magic and any other
partition-modifying program recommends. Bugs exist in all code,
proprietary or not.
Scott
* This was in the days when I used to use non-free software.
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