> anyone have any advice on how to resize linux partitions?
Well, partition magic might do it, but there are other free tools
that probably support the Linux filesystems better. i.e., ext2resize
(and physically ext2 is the same as ext3, minus the journal), so the
trick would probably be to turn o
anyone have any advice on how to resize linux partitions?
thinking about upgrading to partitionMagic8.0, which apparently has support
for linux ext3 partitions...
thank you.
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thought I posted this to list...
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Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:48:23 -0600
From: Jeff Quandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Monday 04 March 2002 04:55 pm, you wrote:
> On Monday 04 Marc
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Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
On Monday 04 March 2002 13:44, you wrote:
> > Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button
> > on the gui to format. If you didn't it won't see the partition as
> > usa
On Monday 04 March 2002 13:44, you wrote:
> > Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button
> > on the gui to format. If you didn't it won't see the partition as
> > usable. HTH
>
> Actually, I did think of that afterwards. So that would be the problem
> with the swap,
On Sunday 03 March 2002 15:04, you wrote:
> Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and created a new
> partition, /data, with the extra space. Now when I reboot I get an error
> and lockup. It says fsck: bad superbolck in /dev/hdb6 (the new partition)
>
> I get an option to correct the
Ok I used DiskDrake to resize my swap partition and
created a new partition, /data, with the extra space. Now when I
reboot I get an error and lockup. It says fsck: bad superbolck in
/dev/hdb6 (the new partition)
I get an option to correct the errors with yes/no
selects, but it locks up
On Friday 01 March 2002 12:53, Jeff Quandt wrote:
> How do I resize partitions on an existing install? I allocated way too
> much space for swap, and with 512MB Ram, I have yet to even touch the
> swap space. So I want to reclaim some of that space. Can I resize it
> without trashing everything?
>
Yes, you can resize the SWAP partition using DiskDrake, ofcourse you
must be root to do that. Just load the DiskDrake, click on the (green)
swap partition and then on the left-hand side of the DiskDrake the option
'resize' (or similar) will appear. click on it and it will give you a
'drag bar' (or
Also you can do a google search for "linux help howto tutorial" or whatever and it
will come up with all kinds of stuff for you.
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 13:53:15 -0500
Jeff Quandt Jeff Quandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do I resize partitions on an existing install? I allocated way too
> much
How do I resize partitions on an existing install? I allocated way too much
space for swap, and with 512MB Ram, I have yet to even touch the swap space.
So I want to reclaim some of that space. Can I resize it without trashing
everything?
On a related note, if anyone knows of a good tutorial o
2002 8:05 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions
>
> After another crash last night I pulled out the third stick, so far so
> good,
> but I would like to do a mem test.
>
> One problem with this, I have NO windoze boxes, and have not
> From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:38 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:Re: [newbie] resizing partitions
> >
> > Well, I am having a problem with it locking up, and I want to make sure
> > it is
>
s no effect on your "lock-up's" but
by all means try - it's always good experience, providing you don't lose
anything!
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 1:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
ze your swap partition anyway? Does
> your machine come close to utilising all of your existing swap space now?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PRO
?
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From: John Cichy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 10:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:[newbie] resizing partitions
Hello,
After following the swap partition thread, I have realized that
Hello,
After following the swap partition thread, I have realized that I should
increase my swap partition, how can I do this without distroying data? I do
not want to use partition magic.
TIA,
John
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On Tuesday 18 December 2001 05:38 pm, Dennis Myers wrote:
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> Subject: For newbie: Resizing partitions
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:12:47 -0600
> From: Warren Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
understand and configure.
dAnimAL
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From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:42 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] resizing partitions
Found the easiest and less hassle was to install on two HD's.
One linux and one Windo
Found the easiest and less hassle was to install on two HD's.
One linux and one Windoze 98.
With windoze already installed Mandrake installed first time.
Make windows the master, the master boot record will be rewritten
and your windows virus checker will spot this.
Jeremy Davidson wrote:
> I've
I've decided to give LM8.0 a try as a dual-boot system (previously I'd been
swapping HDs to keep it separate from win). How much risk is involved in
trying to resize my fat32 partition (using the LM8 install program)? I have
an IBM Deskstar 30GB drive (IDE) on a T-bird system. I've backed up
Clem;
I'm only a few days old into Linux, too.. so am not taking expert status
here but your situation is not unlike mine. I can't say that this is the
right way, the best way or even the safest way but here's how I did it. I
used a 1986 copy of Partition Magic (v. 3.0; it's what I had and the
Hi,
I'm a very newbie Linux-Mandrake user who wants to know what is the best
way to increase the size of my Windows Partition (I played around with
RedHat a while ago, and set up a 7 GB Windows and a 13 GB RH partition -
but most of my memory intensive applications are in Windows).
Is it possibl
Hi Nickolay,
I found out what the reason was for my non-graphical install problems. The computer
that I
was practicing on was PII 200 MHz and the drives were from around 1996-7. I had the
install for i586s. As Allen mentioned, for older machines use the i486 install CD.
I inserted the install C
Nickolay Belostotsky£¬ÄúºÃ£¡,
do it,
u can get it!
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>Hello!
>
>My current configuration is, a 9Gb hard drive divided into two 4.5Gb
>partitions - C: and D:. I have Linux installed via Lnx4Win.
>Now I want to install Linux onto its own partition. Will Partition Magic b
Koly
As long as you have less than 2Gb of data on D the answer is Yes.
Charles
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From: "Nickolay Belostotsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 2:40 AM
Subject: [newbie] Resizing partitions with Par
-Original Message-
Will Partition Magic be
able to decrease the size of D: to 2 Gb, and with the remaining 2.5Gb make a
Linux partition *without losing any data from either C: or D:*?
Thanks,
-- Koly
yes, select the partition and use "resize"
Hello!
My current configuration is, a 9Gb hard drive divided into two 4.5Gb
partitions - C: and D:. I have Linux installed via Lnx4Win.
Now I want to install Linux onto its own partition. Will Partition Magic be
able to decrease the size of D: to 2 Gb, and with the remaining 2.5Gb make a
Linux pa
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