[kubuntu-users] qtparted problems

[Earl Violet]

--- Jonathan Riddell <jriddell at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:34:05PM -0400, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> > I have a large drive (100 GB SATA drive) that I am dual booting
> Windows and 
> > Kubuntu w/.  I would like to use some of the drive as a
> paritition that I 
> > could access both from Windows and Kubuntu.  So I started up
> QTParted and 
> > used my password for sudo access and I can't create the
> partition.
> 
> I'd recommend using gparted rather than qtparted, it's far more
> reliable.
> 
> Jonathan

The gparted live CD is extremely reliable and easy to use.  FAT32
works great as a format for shared partitions.  I'd recommend leaving
some free space so you can expand partitions later if need be.

Earl

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