Partitioning

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--- Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN
<Delbert.Hudson at LOSANGELES.AF.MIL> wrote:
What about telling newbies to use qtparted?  It is
everybit as easy to use as partition magic and comes
installed on many live distros making it usable before
you even install an OS. 
http://qtparted.sourceforge.net
Regards,
Shane
> whoa...druid, fdisk are not anymore difficult to use
> than any other
> partitioning software. one does have to read a bit,
> but any new experience
> requires some learning. i think it
> counter-productive to disseminate
> negative info about tools used in the unix world
> unless onecanuse it
> themselves.
> lets not scare  newbs off. i think at least trying
> to explain the diffs
> between
> how  winsuxorbloze vs. *nix wouldgo further than
> stating that some tools
> is too hard to use. that creatinga larger learning
> curve than really needed.
> if we want converts to *nix we must help by teaching
> instead of bashing by
> habit.
> 
> the reason i keep hammering hat thisis unux is
> because it really is unix.
> 
> go look up the meaning of clone.
> 
> ~piranha
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On
> Behalf Of Christoph
> Georgi
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:29 AM
> To: Ubuntu Users
> Subject: Re: Partitioning
> 
> 
> 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.  
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----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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> >>
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