On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 04:13, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 05:56, Clayton wrote:
I see your point here and I am so eager to install SuSE 9.1. It's just that I can't ignore the messages I read. Especially I am concerned with this issue about NTFS resizing described in this review:
Personally... I wouldn't use the SUSE installer to resize an NTFS partition. I've had no problems with FAT32 partitions, but NTFS and Linux don't play well together. Do it the easy way... use native Windows tools to do it. You can use some of the tools provided with Win2k (not sure about XP) or use a 3rd party tool like Partition Magic. Saves you a lot of grief and trouble.
Which version of Partition Magic will resize the only partition - NTFS under XP? I've got my hands on a Dell D600 Latitude laptop that I wants to downsize that single partition to open up room for either 8.2 Pro or 0.1 Pro.
Mike
Hi Mike, Having been using Partition Magic since the days of OS/2, I am somewhat surprised about your concern using PM on an NTFS partition. The earliest PM manual that I still have is PM v4 and it clearly states that version 4 can create, size, or move NTFS partitions. NTFS has been around at least since WinNT 3.5 and Partition Magic has always been able to change NTFS partitions since at least that time. If your concern is about using the PM GUI on WinXP then try and not use the PM GUI wizards. PM has the ability to create bootable floppies that include a graphical version of PM. By using bootable media you can use PM to change partitions of a hard drive in most configurations, or configure the partitions before any OS is installed, or even delete a partition if the OS on the partition becomes too corrupted to allow access. So ignore the installed OS, burn your version of PM to floppies or a bootable CD, make the changes that you want. Partition Magic is Windows-centric so I suggest that you only use PM to manipulate the Windows partitions. Leave a chunk of hard drive as unallocated, preferably as a logical rather than primary partition. Then use the expert configure utility in SuSE setup your actual Linux partitions. I have found that occasionally Windows will not accept partition changes made to Windows partitions by Linux and also that Linux will not accept the Linux partitions (/, /home, etc.) as setup by Partition Magic. Use PM to change Windows partitions and use Linux to change Linux partitions. btw -Partition Magic 7 manual says it works with WinXP -- Ralph Sanford - If your government does not trust you, rsanford@telusplanet.net - should you trust your government? DH/DSS Key - 0x7A1BEA01