Partitioning

[Richard Barry]

Is there anything similar to Partition Magic available for Linux?   I remember the partitioning tool used in Mandrake can resize and move partitions, even NTFS.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Waugh
> Sent: 28 October 2004 09:58
> To: Ubuntu Users
> Subject: Re: Partitioning
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:47 +1300, Mike Finn wrote:
> > I have a laptop with Windows XP sp2, 2.4ghz intel 
> > mobile cpu, 1gig ram, 32mb vid card, 30gb harddrive with 
> 12.5 gig free. 
> 
> > 1: Should the Linux partition be before the existing 
> partition or after?
> > 2: Should there be just one partion ready for Ubuntu or 
> should I create 
> > the boot and swap as well?
> > 3: Partition Magic comes with "BootMagic"... Is this the 
> best way for 
> > dual booting?
> 
> 1) Doesn't matter. :-)
> 
> 2) There'll be two, one for the filesystem, one for swap. In the
> installer, choose 'manually partiton', then you can tell it to
> automatically configure the free space. The setup it chooses will be
> good for your system.
> 
> 3) Nah, Ubuntu comes with grub, which is cooler (and more helpful, if
> you end up learning it). After you install, it should 
> automatically have
> Ubuntu and Windows in the grub menu for you to choose from.
> 
> :-)
> 
> - Jeff
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