Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
Have you tryed with ACRONIS 5.0? It manages perfectly even NTFS-XP partitions, XFS, Reiserfs and lots more ^_^ Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
Ashley Reynolds wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, David Rankin wrote: > > > Does anyone have any pointers or gotchas that I should watch out > > for? This is my first attempt with partition magic. Partition Magic 6.0 always hangs for me at the completion of each batch. The task appears to be completed correctly though. -- Ron. [au] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002, David Rankin wrote: > Does anyone have any pointers or gotchas that I should watch out > for? This is my first attempt with partition magic. Yeah, the Western Digital. ;) Ashley -- Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
On Monday 08 April 2002 08:00 am, you wrote: > Experts, > > I need some pointers for installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS. I am using > Partition Magic to free up 10G of unused space on my first drive. My > current setup is as follows: > > Drive 1: > > 20G WD (I know its a WD, but it was cheap). Currently a single > partition holding Win98. I will use Partition Magic 7.0 to resize this > into 2 10G partitions; I don't have a prob with WD's ;p > Drive 2: > > 1.6G WD Currently running LM 7.2 (Ext 2) > > Drive 3: > > Fat32 data drive If you're installing your LM to this drive ^^, then fine. However, *big caveat here*, don't let PM do anything but make an ext2 partition. One big one. Let LM do its own partition. > Does anyone have any pointers or gotchas that I should watch out > for? This is my first attempt with partition magic. > > Should I let partition magic create the primary and swap Ext 2 > partitions, or should I just create the unused space and let the LM 8.2 > install create the partitions? > > How will this effect my current grub config for the Win98 - LM7.2 > dual boot? > > Any help will be greatly appreciated... I use PM 7 Pro. The only gotcha! I found is that if I used ReiserFS, it led one partition to "bleed" or something *the CHS & Sectors didn't match I think* if I let LM create the parts. Problem is that PM won't do anything bug EXT2 partitions. Which sucks ofc, but...what can you do? I create a single EXT2 partition first, a big one. Ten gig in your case. Then I use the setup for LM to make the partitions whatever sizes I want. Otherwise, I have found LM doesn't have such an easy time dealing with them. Maybe's that changed in 8.2? For 8.0 & 8.1 I had to use the above method or I got some weird partition bugs. HTH Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
David Rankin wrote: >Experts, > >I need some pointers for installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS. I am using >Partition Magic to free up 10G of unused space on my first drive. My >current setup is as follows: > >Drive 1: > >20G WD (I know its a WD, but it was cheap). Currently a single >partition holding Win98. I will use Partition Magic 7.0 to resize this >into 2 10G partitions; > >Drive 2: > >1.6G WD Currently running LM 7.2 (Ext 2) > >Drive 3: > >Fat32 data drive > >Does anyone have any pointers or gotchas that I should watch out >for? This is my first attempt with partition magic. > >Should I let partition magic create the primary and swap Ext 2 >partitions, or should I just create the unused space and let the LM 8.2 >install create the partitions? > >How will this effect my current grub config for the Win98 - LM7.2 >dual boot? > >Any help will be greatly appreciated... > >-- >David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. >RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC >1329 N. University, Suite D4 >Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 >(936) 715-9333 >(936) 715-9339 fax > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, use PM to create a blank space and let diskdrake handle the rest--MOF avoid PM altogether and let diskdrake shrink the partition unless you have used Norton on it or defragged it with "make programs run faster". To set up 8.1 or 8.2 on the thrid disk, just partition and install in the blank space and CANCEL the bootloader. You will use the 7.2 bootloader which you know works with one additional option added. How to set this up is detailed here: http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=473&lang=en Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic
I don't know if it is just me, but when I use partition magic on a multiboot system I get error message (can't remember sorry), and I have to re-install (upgrade) Mandrake to get it working again. -Original Message- From: David Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 April 2002 15:00 To: mandrake Subject: [expert] Installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS w/Partition Magic Experts, I need some pointers for installing LM 8.2 as 3rd OS. I am using Partition Magic to free up 10G of unused space on my first drive. My current setup is as follows: Drive 1: 20G WD (I know its a WD, but it was cheap). Currently a single partition holding Win98. I will use Partition Magic 7.0 to resize this into 2 10G partitions; Drive 2: 1.6G WD Currently running LM 7.2 (Ext 2) Drive 3: Fat32 data drive Does anyone have any pointers or gotchas that I should watch out for? This is my first attempt with partition magic. Should I let partition magic create the primary and swap Ext 2 partitions, or should I just create the unused space and let the LM 8.2 install create the partitions? How will this effect my current grub config for the Win98 - LM7.2 dual boot? Any help will be greatly appreciated... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify me immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd, unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
