Partitioning

[Christoph Georgi]

I would advice you to use partition magic, if you're a newbie. The linux 
partitioning tools are not as easy to use as pm (althought I can't tell 
of the partitioning tool of ubuntu). But be aware that partition magic 
can't handle files larger than 4 GB (at least I had a problems with 
those). I would recommend making a backup of your most important files 
just in case..

Christoph

Richard Barry wrote:

>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.  
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>>-----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
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>>On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 21:47 +1300, Mike Finn wrote:
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>>>I have a laptop with Windows XP sp2, 2.4ghz intel 
>>>mobile cpu, 1gig ram, 32mb vid card, 30gb harddrive with 
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>>12.5 gig free. 
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>>>1: Should the Linux partition be before the existing 
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>>partition or after?
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>>>2: Should there be just one partion ready for Ubuntu or 
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>>should I create 
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>>>the boot and swap as well?
>>>3: Partition Magic comes with "BootMagic"... Is this the 
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>>best way for 
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>>>dual booting?
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>>1) Doesn't matter. :-)
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>:-)
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>>- Jeff
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