Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-29 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Kühn wrote: Look, you say your rarely use it; what DO you use it for? Best bet would be to defrag it, then use either diskdrake or Partition Magic to resize it; else you could whack another drive in there and balance out your stuff... Unfortunately, I have to use MS Windows for

[newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest and the fastest way of doing this operation. Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Brian Parish
On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 23:12, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest and the fastest way of

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Saturday 28 August 2004 08:12, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest and the fastest way of

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Paul Smith
Brian Parish wrote: My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest and the fastest way of doing this operation. It depends on whether

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 05:21, Paul Smith wrote: Brian Parish wrote: My computer has a dual boot (Mandrake 10 and Windows2000) and I would like to enlarge Mandrake's partition at the expense of reducing Windows2000 partition. So, I am here asking for advice about the safest and the fastest

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Kühn wrote: Thanks, Brian. The reason for enlarging my Linux partition is the fact that I have installed so many things that I am fearing that I am reaching the limit of my hard disk capacity. (My Linux partition has 8,5 GB.) I use MS Windows very, very, rarely and my MS Windows

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 07:16, Paul Smith wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Look, you say your rarely use it; what DO you use it for? Best bet would be to defrag it, then use either diskdrake or Partition Magic to resize it; else you could whack another drive in there and balance out your stuff...

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Paul Smith
Stephen Kühn wrote: Look, you say your rarely use it; what DO you use it for? Best bet would be to defrag it, then use either diskdrake or Partition Magic to resize it; else you could whack another drive in there and balance out your stuff... Unfortunately, I have to use MS Windows for

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Brian Parish
On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 06:03, Paul Smith wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Thanks, Brian. The reason for enlarging my Linux partition is the fact that I have installed so many things that I am fearing that I am reaching the limit of my hard disk capacity. (My Linux partition has 8,5 GB.) I use MS

Re: [newbie] Enlarging Mandrake's partition

2004-08-28 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 10:52, Paul Smith wrote: Stephen Kühn wrote: Look, you say your rarely use it; what DO you use it for? Best bet would be to defrag it, then use either diskdrake or Partition Magic to resize it; else you could whack another drive in there and balance out your stuff...