Re: help with partitioning

Chris W. Parker wrote: Samuel Flory on Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:47 AM said: You need to create a partition that will be a part of the raid array on each disk. So the followiing is what I do: Yes, I finally figured this out. So far the computer is working e

RE: help with partitioning

Samuel Flory on Saturday, September 13, 2003 11:47 AM said: > You need to create a partition that will be a part of the raid array > on each disk. So the followiing is what I do: Yes, I finally figured this out. So far the computer is working excellently. It's mu

Re: help with partitioning

The redhat manuals (rh9) are quite good; I got my RAID5 working with their help first time. You can read them online or download the rpms from redhat.com HTH G On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 20:47, Samuel Flory wrote: > Chris W. Parker wrote: > > >Samuel Flory > >on Friday

Re: help with partitioning

Chris W. Parker wrote: Samuel Flory on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:38 PM said: Ok I'm convinced, I'll use RAID. I found this page http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-so ftware-raid.html which you'd think would be the perfect set of

RE: help with partitioning

Samuel Flory on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:38 PM said: Ok I'm convinced, I'll use RAID. I found this page http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/ch-so ftware-raid.html which you'd think would be the perfect set of instructions. BUT IT'S

RE: help with partitioning

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 20:37, Chris W. Parker wrote: > Jason Dixon <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:27 PM said: > > > No, but why not? Honestly, you haven't been very descriptive, except > > to say "help with partitioning".

Re: help with partitioning

Chris W. Parker wrote: Samuel Flory on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:08 PM said: Use software raid 5 on each disk: Will this degrade the performance much? This will increase performance of reads a lot, and degrades write performance a little. As this is a we

RE: help with partitioning

Jason Dixon <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:27 PM said: > No, but why not? Honestly, you haven't been very descriptive, except > to say "help with partitioning". What are your priorities- > stability, recoverability, tons of webs

RE: help with partitioning

o use RAID at all? Can I not just use each drive > separately? (Only asking because I don't know any better. ;) ) No, but why not? Honestly, you haven't been very descriptive, except to say "help with partitioning". What are your priorities- stability, recoverability, tons o

RE: help with partitioning

Samuel Flory on Friday, September 12, 2003 5:08 PM said: >Use software raid 5 on each disk: Will this degrade the performance much? I've read that software RAID is quite a bit slower than hardware RAID. Also, do I have to use RAID at all? Can I not just use eac

Re: help with partitioning

Chris W. Parker wrote: Hey people. I've got a new computer with 3 scsi drives at 17gb each. This machine is going to be used as a web server. I've only done one other install (tried twice on same machine) and it had only one HD and a much much smaller one at that, so this seems to be a different b

help with partitioning

Hey people. I've got a new computer with 3 scsi drives at 17gb each. This machine is going to be used as a web server. I've only done one other install (tried twice on same machine) and it had only one HD and a much much smaller one at that, so this seems to be a different ball game. How can I be

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

ROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:43 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice > > > I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you > flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just > play with

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just play with LVM myself. For a relatively

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

I've not played with LVM myself, but it would certainly give you flexibility. If I don't find a buyer for my HP Netserver, I may just play with LVM myself. For a relatively static server, though, I think you'l do fine with the partitioning scheme I gave. I build most of my servers

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 38 GB partitioning advice I see a couple of problems already. /boot should be no more than 100MB. Anything more is a waste. / should be way more than 500MB. I know that some will say "I run my entire Linux box on a 486DX66 and 250MB HD!" Well, this is RH8 and gi

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

it hear, but if anyone has any feedback given the above, your > advice or comments are always greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > > Stuart > > > > -Original Message- > From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:

RE: 38 GB partitioning advice

-Original Message- From: Thierry ITTY [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 38 GB partitioning advice I'd set up reasonnable system partitions (depending on what you'll install) such as 50/100 MB for /boot 2/4GB for / sw

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

: >All, > >I'm setting up a RH8 server (FTP) onto mirrored 40 GB drives (38162 usable...doing the RAID as part of the OS install) and need some partitioning suggestions for the installation. What partitions and sizes should I use (and why for those who feel like being extra informative...t

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

* Joe Polk > > I typically partition as follows: > /boot - can be very small, around 50-75MB. I think RH8 recommends 75mb. > / - I like to make this fairly large, but not the largest since it > houses everything not specified elsewhere. > /home - If you intend to have lots of users or s

Re: 38 GB partitioning advice

Partitioning can be a subjective thing since it depends, in part, on what you intend to do with the machine. If, for instance, you intend to have a sizable user base, then you want to have plenty of /home space. Regardless, most people new to Linux make the mistake of not making /usr and /var

38 GB partitioning advice

All, I'm setting up a RH8 server (FTP) onto mirrored 40 GB drives (38162 usable...doing the RAID as part of the OS install) and need some partitioning suggestions for the installation. What partitions and sizes should I use (and why for those who feel like being extra informative...than

partitioning and ... strange mounting

Hello dear RH_list-members ! may be sorry for sending it twice, depending on the subject-title ... i am back with a new trick, with 2 almost identical 120 Go external USB HDD : format is Fat32, for both. the 1st one is described as following (4 parts of 30 Go): /dev/sda1 on /mnt/IO_1 type

RE: Partitioning?

Hi, You want delete all your partitions to reinstall Win and RedHat ? Boot with the RedHat Install CD and choose repair at the first Boot-Screen, you get a Recovery System, so you can use all Linux partitioning tools. Regards Alex -Original Message- From: Cannon, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL

Partitioning?

Hi All, Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a good Christmas. My problem is with Window$ and Mandrake. I'm reinstalling Window$ and I want to use the partition containing Mandrake as my Red Hat partition. The only problem is that my Window$ installation is trashed (along with Partition Magic) and I

Re: Hard disk partitioning & FHS

Around Mon,Sep 16 2002, at 09:30, Patrick Beart, wrote: > Folks: > > I'm setting up a new Web and mail server for a Web site > hosting operation. Security is paramount to my partitioning scheme > for the hard disk. Therefore, I'm not going with the default Red

Re: Hard disk partitioning & FHS

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 at 9:30pm (-0700), Patrick Beart wrote: > Folks: > > I'm setting up a new Web and mail server for a Web site > hosting operation. Security is paramount to my partitioning scheme > for the hard disk. Therefore, I'm not going with the defaul

Re: Drive Partitioning

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:47:48PM -0700, Blair Michaels wrote: > Before installing, are there any recommendations for drive partitioning? Please refer to the Red Hat Linux Installation Guide. The manual is both browsable and downloadable from Red Hat's web site. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds

Drive Partitioning

Hi all.   I’m new to Linux, although I used UNIX a few years back. Before installing, are there any recommendations for drive partitioning? I’ll be installing on a 20 gig hard drive.   TIA Blair Michaels   Microtron Software 300 - 3665 Kingsway Vancouver, BC, Canada V5R 5W2 Tel

Re: Free partitioning software ?

Thanks to all replies. It seems that either parted (with mandrake diskdrake as front end maybe) or FIPS is the way to go. I'll give'em a try. Reuben D. B. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-l

Re: Free partitioning software ?

Great! Then I do not have to spend money on partition magic any more. It is huge and who need to install PM on win2k for a once a year partition change? Anyway, Reuben, I would recommend that you defrag current partition thoroughly and make sure no file exists at the end of the partition. Then,

Re: Free partitioning software ?

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 21:44, Bo Peng wrote: > > Anyway, Mandrake linux's partition tool diskdrake supports resize. > Does anyone know what kind of resize it is? Can it move existing data > around if necessary? If it can, diskdrake is much easier to use than > parted. IIRC, diskdrake is just a fr

Re: Free partitioning software ?

GNU parted sounds promising. Although you should be SUPER careful about its command line syntax. Anyway, Mandrake linux's partition tool diskdrake supports resize. Does anyone know what kind of resize it is? Can it move existing data around if necessary? If it can, diskdrake is much easier to us

Re: Free partitioning software ?

t regards, > Andy Judge > Grove Networks Inc. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Reuben D. Budiardja > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 4:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Free partitioning software ? > Hi

Re: Free partitioning software ?

it would be interesting to hear about it. That > would be good news. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Bo Peng > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Free partitioning softwa

RE: Free partitioning software ?

Peng Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Free partitioning software ? If you are using win2k, you can use its own disk manager to make partitiona, format etc. And then run Linux installation. It worked well for me, even for my 80G HD. Bo On Tue, Sep 03, 200

Re: Free partitioning software ?

If you are using win2k, you can use its own disk manager to make partitiona, format etc. And then run Linux installation. It worked well for me, even for my 80G HD. Bo On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 04:21:56PM -0400, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > Hi all, > I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the O

Re: Free partitioning software ?

On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 13:49, Alfredo Cole wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > I have used fips (included in the CD's under dosutils) with Win98. I > don't know if it will work with Win2000. > Fips only works on fat file systems. Any system using ntfs included most (all?) win2k

Re: Free partitioning software ?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 El Mar 03 Sep 2002 14:21, Reuben D. Budiardja escribió: > Hi all, > I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the OS. I want to > partition the hard drive so that I can install Redhat 7.3 in it. So > I want to basically resize the window partiton and

Re: Free partitioning software ?

On Tuesday 03 September 2002 21:21 pm, you wrote: > Hi all, > I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the OS. I want to partition the > hard drive so that I can install Redhat 7.3 in it. So I want to basically > resize the window partiton and create a free space in the hard drive, and > the disk

Re: Free partitioning software ?

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > Hi all, > I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the OS. I want to partition the hard > drive so that I can install Redhat 7.3 in it. So I want to basically resize > the window partiton and create a free space in the hard drive, and the disk > d

RE: Free partitioning software ?

: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Free partitioning software ? Hi all, I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the OS. I want to partition the hard drive so that I can install Redhat 7.3 in it. So I want to basically resize the window partiton and create a free space in the hard drive, and the disk

Re: Free partitioning software ?

Haven't heard of ANYTHING that would be free. :/ But I *can* say that Partition Magic will do the job VERY well. Never had any problems with it - regardless of OS. Jim Hale --- 'The OS Tells The PC What To Do With Itself" - Me, 1990 --- Visit Our MIDI & Digital Audio Website at http://hale.dynd

Free partitioning software ?

Hi all, I have a machine with Windows 2000 pro as the OS. I want to partition the hard drive so that I can install Redhat 7.3 in it. So I want to basically resize the window partiton and create a free space in the hard drive, and the disk druids during Redhat Installation should do the rest. I

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

Apache is quite flexible and can be installed almost anywhere you want to put it. PG > Joshua James wrote: > > > I really think Apache uses /etc/httpd, is it safe to change that? Will > > it affect other programs? > > > > ColdFusion wants to install to /opt, is that safe to change? Should I

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21-Jun-2002/10:28 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >"Anthony E. Greene" wrote: [snip] >> As you get familiar with Linux, you will get your own ideas about how your >> partitions should be laid out. I would have wiped that machine and setup >> my own

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 10:40, Joshua James wrote: > I'm concerned about installation. This came pre-installed. Normally with > Windows I would easily reinstall but I'm not sure about drivers or even > tech support. Hmm... Last year I installed a few Dell PowerApp linux based boxes. There was a jav

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

I'm concerned about installation. This came pre-installed. Normally with Windows I would easily reinstall but I'm not sure about drivers or even tech support. It is a Dell PowerEdge 350, it is however just a development server. Everything will be reinstalled from scratch on a new server for full

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

"Anthony E. Greene" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 21-Jun-2002/09:05 -0400, Joshua James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an > >experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation > >of N

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

I would use /usr/local/www for the DocumentRoot and /usr/local/coldfusion for the coldfusion base. Apache is easy to change, edit the httpd.conf to show the new location of the document root. Look for the line DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs" or some such directory. Coldfusion will probably prompt

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

Joshua James wrote: > I really think Apache uses /etc/httpd, is it safe to change that? Will > it affect other programs? > > ColdFusion wants to install to /opt, is that safe to change? Should I > make a /usr/ColdFusion or /var/ColdFusion? > > On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 09:43, Willem van der Walt wrot

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21-Jun-2002/09:05 -0400, Joshua James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an >experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation >of NT servers. This will be an intranet serve

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

Joshua James wrote: > I really think Apache uses /etc/httpd, is it safe to change that? Will > it affect other programs? > > ColdFusion wants to install to /opt, is that safe to change? Should I > make a /usr/ColdFusion or /var/ColdFusion? > > On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 09:43, Willem van der Walt wrot

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

"Willem van der Walt" wrote: > Hi, > Under 7.2, the web home dir is normally under > /var/www. > I would try to tell the installation program to change prefix to some > thing > else. > If that does not work, I would make a link to a directory under /usr where > there is a lot of space. > If it wa

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

Joshua James wrote: > We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an > experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation > of NT servers. This will be an intranet server behind our firewall. > > Our 40gb drive came partitioned as follows: > > /dev/hda1

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

I really think Apache uses /etc/httpd, is it safe to change that? Will it affect other programs? ColdFusion wants to install to /opt, is that safe to change? Should I make a /usr/ColdFusion or /var/ColdFusion? On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 09:43, Willem van der Walt wrote: > Hi, > Under 7.2, the web hom

Re: new linux server, re-partitioning

Hi, Under 7.2, the web home dir is normally under /var/www. I would try to tell the installation program to change prefix to some thing else. If that does not work, I would make a link to a directory under /usr where there is a lot of space. If it wants to create a directory called newprog under

new linux server, re-partitioning

We just received a new RedHat v7.2 server from Dell. This is an experiment to see how linux works compared to our current installation of NT servers. This will be an intranet server behind our firewall. Our 40gb drive came partitioned as follows: /dev/hda1 ext3990mb /home /dev/hda6

Unable to detect swap partitioning

i have defined 3 swap partitionings each of 127 mega and 3 system partitioning with native linux for a harddisk of 40gb. when i close disk druid i am receiving message "SWAP PARTITIONING NOT DEFINED" || though infact i have defined 3 swap partitioning.  Afterwards, i am unable to

Re: problem of partitioning

On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Tim Moore wrote: > Xiong Zhao wrote: > > > > hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk > > and exit with "w",there always comes report saying that re-read table > > failed with error 16:device or resource busy.next time i attempt to mount > > The

RE: problem of partitioning

PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Moore Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: problem of partitioning Xiong Zhao wrote: > > hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk > and exit with "w",there alway

Re: problem of partitioning

On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Tim Moore wrote: > Xiong Zhao wrote: > > > > hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk > > and exit with "w",there always comes report saying that re-read table > > failed with error 16:device or resource busy.next time i attempt to mount > > The

Re: problem of partitioning

Xiong Zhao wrote: > > hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk > and exit with "w",there always comes report saying that re-read table > failed with error 16:device or resource busy.next time i attempt to mount The partition table was changed while the disk was stil

problem of partitioning,continued

hello.one thing i forgot.there are 24 hard disk drives in two scsi channels made into 3 RAID 5 logical drives on my machine.each consists of 8 drives. is the way of making the logical drive a maybe factor of the problem?help is in need greatly. regards james _

problem of partitioning

hello,all.after i create a new logical partition using fdisk or cfdisk and exit with "w",there always comes report saying that re-read table failed with error 16:device or resource busy.next time i attempt to mount the newly created partition it comes error:mount /dev/sdx has wrong major or minor

Re: SOLVED--Trouble partitioning 60 gig IDE Drive

Steve Gulick wrote: > > BIOS BIOS BIOS Sorry guys :( What settings were wrong? I have been thinking about getting one of those monsters and putting all those cds that we can never find onto the lan. Bret ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: SOLVED--Trouble partitioning 60 gig IDE Drive

BIOS BIOS BIOS Sorry guys :( > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Gulick > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Trouble partitioning 60 gig IDE Drive > > > Just boug

Trouble partitioning 60 gig IDE Drive

Just bought a Western Digital 60 gig IDE drive set it up as secondary master booted the system and tried to fdisk /dev/hdc and I keep getting a segmentation fault. Any Idea why? Is the drive too big for fdisk? Can some one out there please lend a hand? TIA Steve ___

Re: Partitioning HD

Scratch what I said, earlier. Grab parted, or Partition Magic. Shrink your C: drive by about 15MB at th efront of the drive. You can even shrink the C: at the back of the drive, too. When you go to partition, designate that 15MB slice as /boot (keeping your boot area above the 1024 cylinder ma

Re: Partitioning HD

If you don't need the 2nd partition for DOS/Windows, at all, you can use the Linux fdisk to change the partition type to type 83 (Linux native)...or you can delete that partition and repartition the 2GB space (assuming that it's currently your D: drive) for use with LInux...eithr way, you can gene

Re: Partitioning HD

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, you wrote: > I have two partitions, both Fat32. Would like to install RH 7 and am > trying to find out if I need to repartion the entire drive and reload > everything or is there a way to just add the linux partitions. > > My two partitions are 16G and 2G both on the same HD

Partitioning HD

I have two partitions, both Fat32. Would like to install RH 7 and am trying to find out if I need to repartion the entire drive and reload everything or is there a way to just add the linux partitions. My two partitions are 16G and 2G both on the same HDD The box is a Compaq pentium II 533. Th

Re: disk partitioning for big drives

Hi Mitchell, Luke wrote: > / (1st Primary) > > /tmp (3rd Primary) > /home (4th Primary) If you only want to use the 4 primary partitions instead of an extended partition containing multiple logical partitions, I would suggest you change the third partition to /var, and mak

Re: disk partitioning for big drives

My suggestion (without long boring technical reasons, like phyiscal geometrical proximity): / (1st Primary) /tmp (3rd Primary) /home (4th Primary) On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Mitchell K. Smith wrote: > Greetings. > I will be setting up an HP Netserver with an 18GB raid 5 using RH 7.0. > Can someon

disk partitioning for big drives

Greetings. I will be setting up an HP Netserver with an 18GB raid 5 using RH 7.0. Can someone offer suggestions on the most efficient way to partition the drive. The server will be used for an Apache (Stronghold) web server, Anon. FTP server, Samba server, NFS server and a DNS server. I was thinki

Re: (was: xfs problems) Now: partitioning question

You said you had ONE linux partition and swap didn't you? Two are showing... that's where the extra space is. brian ** At 11:08 AM 11/24/00 -0700, you wrote: >Is this what you needed? > > >Eric Cifreo wrote: > >> Send the output of "df -k" > >Filesystem

Re: (was: xfs problems) Now: partitioning question

Is this what you needed? Eric Cifreo wrote: > Send the output of "df -k" Filesystem 1k-blocksUsed Available Use% Mounted 0n /dev/hda 1492311 1391559 23642 98% / and the printout of partitions from "fdisk > /dev/hda" back. Device Boo

Re: disk partitioning

Quoting Jeff Hogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -Original Message- From: Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: Re: disk partitioning > >Since I

Re: disk partitioning

-Original Message- From: Kelly Scroggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 11:55 AM Subject: Re: disk partitioning > >Since I've received no responses, I guess there >isn't a way around it with d

Re: [RHL] Re: disk partitioning

> > hth, > kf > > -- > My recommendation: Don't shop at Explorer Micro, Columbus, Ohio. > > > On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Kelly Scroggins wrote: > > = I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In > = partitioning my disk, I want

Re: disk partitioning

t the beginning of a couple MB. On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Kelly Scroggins wrote: > I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In > partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap > partition physically near the outside of the disk. > I can see how fdisk will let me do this but > diskd

Re: disk partitioning

= I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In = partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap = partition physically near the outside of the disk. = I can see how fdisk will let me do this but = diskdruid didn't work the way I intended. = = With diskdruid the s

Re: disk partitioning

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Kelly Scroggins wrote: = I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In = partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap = partition physically near the outside of the disk. = I can see how fdisk will let me do this but = diskdruid didn't work the way

Re: disk partitioning

sk. hth, kf -- My recommendation: Don't shop at Explorer Micro, Columbus, Ohio. On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Kelly Scroggins wrote: = I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In = partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap = partition physically near the outside of the disk. = I can see how

disk partitioning

I'm installing Red Hat as the only OS. In partitioning my disk, I want to put the swap partition physically near the outside of the disk. I can see how fdisk will let me do this but diskdruid didn't work the way I intended. With diskdruid the swap partition was the first one I creat

Re: re-partitioning

At 10:14 AM 08/31/2000 -0700, you wrote: >But in any case, if you can burn CDs and have a computer that can boot >from the CDROM >(almost any computer built in the last few years), then in a situation >like this you might want to consider downloading the "Linuxcare Bootable >Business Card". > >ht

Re: re-partitioning (more info)

You'd need static versions of those utilities. Libraries are too big for bootdisks. You can prolly manage to get the source and compile your own static copies :) On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, M. Neidorff wrote: > Hi folks, > While I am thinking this through, it occurred to me that once I delete the > ex

Re: re-partitioning

Mark wrote: > Hi folks, > > I know that we have beat this topic up for a while. I just want to clarify > an issue. I've just gotten a new HDD and want to take my RH 6.2 > installation and > > tar the partitions onto the new drive (easy) > delete existing partitions from old drive, (also

re-partitioning (more info)

Hi folks, While I am thinking this through, it occurred to me that once I delete the existing partitions I won't have tar or fdisk available anymore to work with. I've created a boot disk (mkbootdisk) and verified that it will boot the system. Will cp'ing the files "tar" and "fdisk" to the bo

re-partitioning

Hi folks, I know that we have beat this topic up for a while. I just want to clarify an issue. I've just gotten a new HDD and want to take my RH 6.2 installation and tar the partitions onto the new drive (easy) delete existing partitions from old drive, (also easy) * re-partition old d

Re: partitioning

Warren Piece wrote: > > total newbie question... > i'm trying to install redhat, currently running win 98, and am using fips to > partition my hd. i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a > small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd (which > is not even ha

Re: Linux Partitioning

es to > enlarging the Linux Ext2FS, no luck, even if there is a free > partition. All I can do is create another Linux partition from the > free space, but I can increase the main Linux partition with all my > files on it. > Anybody that might know how to do this? - should Disk Drui

Re: Linux Partitioning

At 07:19 AM 07/06/2000 +0200, you wrote: >Enlarging or reducing the FAT32 is no problem, but when it comes to >enlarging the Linux Ext2FS, no luck, even if there is a free partition. >All I can do is create another Linux partition from the free space, but I >can increase the main Linux partiti

Linux Partitioning

re is a free partition. All I can do is create another Linux partition from the free space, but I can increase the main Linux partition with all my files on it. Anybody that might know how to do this? - should Disk Druid/fdisk work? I'm a bit skeptical about any partitioning software since I&

Re: partitioning

Hi Warren, > i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a > small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd Did you check (with a disk editor or defrag utility) which files are at the end of the disk? If you are using Norton Utilities, it might b

Re: partitioning

Your current situation doesn't sound good, but just wanted to offer that I have used fips several times and it has been very reliable each time. Follow the directions carefully of course. charles On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Warren, > > Take my advice don't use fips. It is not s

Re: partitioning

ic is reliable but it is not free. I have no idea about another resizing software recommended by another guy MSG Good luck Stephen - Original Message - From: "Warren Piece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 2:39 AM Subject: part

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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Warren Piece wrote: > > total newbie question... > i'm trying to install redhat, currently running win 98, and am using fips to > partition my hd. i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a > small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd

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Warren Piece wrote: > is not even half full). because the last cylinder is not empty, fips boots > me out and won't let me do anything. any help would be great. Perhaps you could try parted? Search for it on freshmeat. You can download a bootable floppy image (use rawrite from the Red Hat CDR

partitioning

total newbie question... i'm trying to install redhat, currently running win 98, and am using fips to partition my hd. i've defragged a couple of times, but there is still a small amount of information that is pushed to the very end of the hd (which is not even half full). because the last c

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