[Tfug] Partition Second Drive

[Don Freeman]

I used PM when I first tried to set up a Linux system alongside windows. It
corrupted my whole drive and I ended up having to FDISK and reformat the
whole thing. So, make sure you have a good backup before you start. 


-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org] On Behalf Of Joe
Blais
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:47 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Partition Second Drive

Hello Don -

I've never used the PM stuff either - so -- I just wanted to say
partitioniong would be my last resort if  just trying out a bunch of
different things, when something like Virtual PC might be able to do the
same thing -- that's what I did anyway when I was evaluating different Linux
distributions and releases.

I did like the Virtual PC though -- I haven't looked for anything like that
for Linux.  I saw that micorzfth changed or dropped Linux support for
VirtualPC when they acquired that company.

Joe


-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
Bexley Hall
Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:27 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Partition Second Drive


Hi, Joe,

[grrr... this only just now arrived in my mailbox.
I suspect this yahoo account is hosed.  I should find an alternate host!]

--- Joe Blais <joe.blais at pti-instruments.com> wrote:

> I think only primary partitions can boot And usually if you do any 
> partitioning, anything in those partitions that were changed is lost I 
> think things like Partition Magic are supposed to move stuff around so 
> you can save what is in a partition but I don't know

PM will, indeed, let you tinker with partitions in ways that FDISK, et al.
can't imagine.  I just used an old copy of PM to grow a 2G FAT32 parition
(which was created from a 2G FAT16 partition) to an 8G partition.  All
without losing the contents of that partition.

Unfortnately, the version of PM that I have won't grow to anything *larger*
than 8G  :-/

Backup partitions before dicking with them!  :>

--don



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