[ale] Near-FAQ: Repartitioning question

nlucent at mindspring.com nlucent at mindspring.com
Tue Dec 7 13:55:33 EST 1999


You can also use partition magic 4.0 to resize ext2/swap partitions.

Nick
Chris Ricker <kaboom at gatech.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Vernard Martin wrote:
> > Question: Can I use Disk Druid or some other handy tool to
> > nondestructively repartition (with minimal risk)? I plan to back up the
> > extended partition and its subs before attacking, but it would be great if
> > I could just move things around.
> 
> The only solution I know of to this problem is to use partition magic. 
> 

If you're adventuresome, there's a Gnu Partition Magic clone that's at the
1.0beta stage right now (Parted).

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
                                              chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu






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