[opensuse] clean hard drive
I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the linux partition and increase the windows part? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* John Heinen <hensandpat@earthlink.net> [02-20-09 13:28]:
I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the linux partition and increase the windows part?
Possible, but the action is illegal (or should be) and unconscionable. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Quoting John Heinen <hensandpat@earthlink.net>:
I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the linux partition and increase the windows part?
Generally yes. But pick a partitioner that upfront says it can do the particular filesystems involved and then Google it to check out the program's reputation and people's experience. Until a year or two ago, the linux support for writing NTFS was considered beta quality and often not enabled by default. This has changed recently, so be sure you have a recent version if NTFS is involved. Most of the FAT flavors are well supported. If you need to do this several times and mistakes cost real money, consider a commercial product. HTH, Jeffrey Remember, freedom of choice means being free to choose non FOSS software. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Jeffrey L. Taylor a écrit :
Quoting John Heinen <hensandpat@earthlink.net>:
I have on one of my hard drives windows xp and several versions of linux such as ubuntu, mint etc, is it possible, for example, decrease the linux partition and increase the windows part?
Generally yes.
on disk with several partitions and several linux distros + windows, partition can't be primary, when windows is. I don't see how one can make the primary 1 partition bigger if not in the very next primary one and is there one? it's frequent that in such situation partition are not in the sector order in such a mess, trying to change size in really dangerous. If openSUSE partitonner accepts, so far so good, is not, don't try (or be prepared to reinstall the drive) as a clue, giving us the fdisk -l result would help jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eic8MSSfM http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412160445 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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