So, you recommend using fdisk. I also have been wanting to learn parted and fdisk. somehow, it just seems better to use command line utilities since you will be telling the computer to do exactly what you want. I noticed that in parted you tell it exactly how many bytes to use.
From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 17:05:19 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death Although I'd recommend learning how to use parted and fdisk command line utilities to do this vs using a gui to partition. So I would run fdisk to start with create your partitions write them to disk and then start installing on the correct partitions. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: For what you wanna do, don't even need a partition tool. Install windows with a 10gb partition, then install ubuntu and use the installer partitioner. On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote: Okay guys, so tell me, which is better to use as a partiition tool? I am going to partition a 40 gig drive on a presario laptop. I want to make the first 10 gigs ntfs for windows os and the second 10 gigs ext3 for ubuntu os and the 3rd 20 gig partition for data. What will work better, and/or easier (user friendlier) for doing this task? And which is more reliable? Partition Magic, or GParted?? Your input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Paul > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:21:25 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death > > The original post said "Parted Magic", > The website says, Parted Magic uses GParted and Parted to handle > partitioning tasks. The website says it features Partition Image, > TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue, which are FOSS tools. > > The reality is, you are really using many tools under one name, its > not a magical tool. If you need the extra help using those tools and > don't want to install them individually, fine, but they are all do > very different things, it is good to know how they work on an > individual bases when you need those kinds of tools all the time. > > Chris... > > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chris Penn wrote: > >> > >> So I guess this Partition Magic might not be so magical.....Im gonna > >> stick with gparted and fdisk..... > > > > Go ahead and stick with that. > > > > When your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail! > > > > +1 from me for Partition Magic in NT environments! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your friends. Check it out. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has a new way to see what's up with your friends. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/WhatsNew?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_WhatsNew1_052009
