Partition Magic will pay for itself in "hours saved" very soon after you buy it,
beautifull program. One very very very big problem you could have is if you have
previously tried to partition/re-partition with "DiskDrake" or "linux fdisk". Those
two programs when they re-write your partition table do it in the order the partitions
were created, windows requires them in there "logical" order. Partition Magic is
windows based. I love the program but lost my most important stuff because of this
little problem. Outside of that it is great and will solve your problem. If you do
get it and get an error #120, the only way to rebuild it in a way Partition Magic can
understand is to wax it and start from scratch.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:44:49 -0400
>Ranish Partition Manager is able to resize partitions probably also PartitionMagic
>and various other utilities I have forgotten but which you might find on the
>freeware/shareware sites often as part of a multiboot program, I remember looking at
>several 2/3 years ago when interested in multibooting win95/Cpm/linux.
>
>"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: Kyle "Orange" Spahn
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
>
>
> Okay: I understand about the types of partitions that I have to have.. but right
>now.. I have a Windows partition that is like 26068 MB (or something close to that)
>and then I have a 15MB empty partition.. that's all.. and it doesn't allow me to
>resize my Windows partition without deleting it. I just got this computer from
>Gateway like a week ago and it's a powerhouse system with full Linux compatibile
>components..
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Kirkovsky
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
>
>
> Your boot partition MUST be before 1024 cylinder..
> Reorganize your partition something like that:
>
> 1. WinXX (if you have one)
> 2. Linux boot partition (starting from cylinder < 1024) Size: ~30MB
> 3. WinXX (if you want to have more space for Windoze) Size: up to you
> 4. Linux swap partition, Size: up to you
> 5. Linux root partition, Size: up to you
>
> So, the ONLY important point here is No.2
>
> Regards,
> Alex Kirkovsky
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kyle "Orange" Spahn
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:16 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Drive Full?!? (please respond this time)
>
>
> Hey Everyone,
> I keep trying to partition my hard drive so I can use Linux, but when I do
>so, it says that the last cylinder of my drive is full. So it thinks my entire drive
>is filled up, which it isn't. I have a 27.3 GB Hard Drive which I've maybe used 5 GB
>of. It's definitely not full! I need help!!! PLEASE!
>
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