Re: Partition Magic 4.0
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I've used it on my own system. I backed up first and it was a good thing. PM 4.00 messed up my two logical ext2 partitons and made them fat32 extended. That is, it made /dev/hda5 and /dev/hda6 into /dev/hda5(windows) Not good. - --Ian On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Roman Malinowski wrote: > I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? > Thanks Roman Malinowski > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNmX/fQBd2W/O5rrJAQEC/QP/UgPniCv+pxpp4lxwqV9yp7Cuv/Xn/Qjw HyMrP7nntpFg/yI0dglofIQtCXeOzvtFiM7/Am5wlRM3AqewK6C6rAqMqeDrdNUy nVQqsDQfoX/Zek8vMxMGVgiRbxaQ5hR62zaJ7q74EVJ0nGCyKdrt6yoAVEPBW03S Ri8Aa76ptlg= =X3DZ -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
PM 4.0 seems to work fine with ext2 partitions themselves with one exception - and that exception actually involves only Lilo and not ext2 itself. When you move or resize an ext2 partition that has Lilo installed in the boot sector of the partition, PM 4.0 attempts to rewrite that boot sector to make corrections for the move. This is because Lilo uses absolute sector locations to find the files it needs. In most cases when I have done this, PM 4.0 gets those changes wrong, meaning that the partition won't boot afterwards. You have to be prepared to run Lilo again to get it right. I use Loadlin from DOS to boot the partition and then run Lilo again. I reported this to PQ and they confirmed it as a bug (after some convincing on my part) that will be fixed in an upcoming patch. Just for reference, I use all extended/logical partitions for Linux, so that's the only configuration I've tried. Bt the way, it also automatically edits your /etc/fstab file when appropriate. So far it has gotten that right, although I would almost prefer it didn't do that - or at least provide an option where I could specify when it does that. Tom Roman Malinowski wrote: > > I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? > Thanks Roman Malinowski > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
Hello Roman, ... > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? I once had an infelicity with an earlier version of Partition Magic: I was moving from one HD to another, and while PM showed both to have the partitions etc in the same order, in linux the orders were different. PM wrote the partition table in creation order (if memory serves), rather than sorted. No big deal, a couple of minutes editing fstab, but odd. As others have pointed out, it's probably better anyway to use PM to make yourself some space, and then create the partition from Linux. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Roman Malinowski wrote: > I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? > Thanks Roman Malinowski I wouldnt use partition magic to create your partitions, let linux fdisk/cfdisk do that. Sure, go ahead and use it to resize and move your current ones, but IMHO, the linux utils are best for linux, and the DOS utils are best for DOS. I never use a third party program to create partitions. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. - God's last name is not damn. - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
[Partition magic 4.00 & ext2] > Worked flawlessly, on two different systems. This product is a must. > Will it deal with partition that partition magic 3.0 won't touch? I used cfdisk's "maximize" option when creating a big ext2 partition. That gave me a slightly bigger partition as it no longer started on a cylinder boundary. But partition magic 3.0 refuse to touch the drive at all because of this, it won't even shrink another hpfs partition that *is* properly aligned. The only way to fix this would be deleting the big partition, but there isn't temporary space for moving the partition's contents around. (It is my /usr) Helge Hafting
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
On Mon, Nov 30, 1998 at 09:18:08PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Hopefully it does, since I just ordered it. Actually if you are going to > pre-partition the drive, it should work just fine--version 3.0 does also. > 3.0 won't allow you do change existing ext2 partitions, but you can move > around any DOS/Windows partitions as you wish and create the new ones with > cfdisk/fdisk as part of the installation process. Let us know if 4.0 will resize ext2. If it does I will certainly slap down some $$ to get it. I made a mistake on my initial partition that I'd loke to rectify. Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sda1 248862 21046525546 89% / /dev/sda5 50556 3647909 0% /tmp /dev/sda6 96896 1621775508 18% /usr/src /dev/sda7 192848 16263 166294 9% /usr/local /dev/sda8 135204 22189 105284 17% /home /dev/sda9 397515 29382483160 78% /misc I gave myself such a large /usr/local as I was used to Slackware. I'd also want to reduce /tmp and /home and suffle space over / and /misc. :/ -- Steve C. Lamb | Opinions expressed by me are not my http://www.calweb.com/~morpheus| employer's. They hired me for my ICQ: 5107343 | skills and labor, not my opinions! ---+- pgpxRwaFQq1wq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Roman Malinowski wrote: > I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? Hopefully it does, since I just ordered it. Actually if you are going to pre-partition the drive, it should work just fine--version 3.0 does also. 3.0 won't allow you do change existing ext2 partitions, but you can move around any DOS/Windows partitions as you wish and create the new ones with cfdisk/fdisk as part of the installation process. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Partition Magic 4.0
It wanted to put ext2 partitions inside a logical partition and I didn't like that. It also seemed to read my drive cylinder geometry incorrectly (well, at least differently than linux). I found that the best way to do it is to use PM to resize the win partition and leave free space on the HD. Then use linux fdisk to create the linux partitions. Steve On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Roman Malinowski wrote: > I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? > Thanks Roman Malinowski > > > >
RE: Partition Magic 4.0
> I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on > it. > I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since > Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. > > Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does > it work correctly? > Thanks Roman Malinowski Worked flawlessly, on two different systems. This product is a must. Christian Lavoie UIN: 947212 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Partition Magic 4.0
I am about to install Debian 2.00 onto my PC with Windows 95 already on it. I want to pre partition hard drive with Partition Magic 4.00 since Powerquest Corp claims that v4.00 fully supports Linux's ext2. Has anybody used Partition Magic 4.00 to create ext2 partitions and does it work correctly? Thanks Roman Malinowski
partition magic 4.0
I just found that Powerquest released their partition magic 4.0 and it now supports the Linux ext2 filesystem. It can resizes Linux partitions now:) Lawrence Chim
