I am using Partition Magic 4.0
My HD is only a 4 gig and I had it divided evenly between
Win95 and Linux. My Linux partitions are a large / and 127
meg swap.
hda1 windows
had2 is divided into hda5 linux ext2 and hda6 linux swap.
At first Patition magic gave a check failed message because
partions extended beyond the HD limit. Fixed this, now it
still fails check because of overlapped partitions.
Linux partitions show up fine, its the windows that fails
causing the entire thing to fail its check.
I want to either reduce windows to about 400 meg or replace
it entirely with DOS, then expand the remainder to linux.
Windows and Linux both boot, but I don't use Windows anymore
and want to give the space to linux.
So far callin and email tech support have asked for info
files several times, but supplied no answers.
Thanks
Ron
"Lawrence G." wrote:
>
> when you run partition magic you need to have partition magic 4.0. It can
> recongnize disk drives 8.4 gb & up & it works better than previous versions
> of partition magic. When you run partition magic and you want to create a
> new partition for linux you need to make sure you specify ext2(linux only)
> for the partition & linux swap for the swap file that needs to be created.
> This is for partition magic 4.0 by the way.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Marriage
> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 6:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Repartitioning utility
> >
> >
> > I purchased Patition Magic, a bit over a monthy ago, and it
> > cost $80 but does have a rebate to bring it to about $65.
> > I installed it to change my windows and linux partitions.
> > It doesn't recognize the partitions tables that I installed
> > with fips during original mandrake install in version 5.3.
> > I currently run 6.0
> >
> > Powerquest tech support has been less than helpful. I get
> > put on hold for 45 to 60 minutes when I call, and after
> > several calls and multiple emails over almost 4 weeks, I'm
> > still no closer to getting partition magic to read the
> > table. tech support now no longer responds to emails.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > Brian Whitman wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > For those wanting to repartiton a hard drive.
> > > >
> > > > There is a freeware non-destructive repartitioning
> > > > progrm called fips.
> > > > It might be in the dosutils directory on your CD. If
> > > > not you can get it
> > > > at the Mandrake ftp site or
> > > > ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.1/dosutils
> > > >
> > > > If that won't work, I downloaded all the files and
> > > > directories
> > > > associated with fips and I can send you a zip file.
> > > > Just e-mail me. I
> > > > haven't used fips because I have Partition
> > > > Commander, but I thought I'd
> > > > let you know it's available.
> > > >
> > > > Sam Walker
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Partition Magic is a easy and safe way to partition
> > > your drives. This is what I used and it was no
> > > trouble at all. The program only cost around $20
> > > bucks and is well worth it!
> > >
> > > Brian
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