Increasing Linux Partion...

anthony baldwin anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 3 05:57:14 UTC 2008


NoOp wrote:
> On 01/02/2008 06:56 PM, anthony baldwin wrote:
>
>   
>> Bah...horton's partition smegma...
>> Drop in any ubuntu livecd and use gparted.
>> It works great and is simple to use.
>>     
>
> Agree... with the exception of the livecd part. If I waited for ubuntu's
> livecd to try and load on most of my old systems it would be a two day
> job. I *much* prefer using knoppix instead (http://www.knoppix.net/) and
> then gparted :-) Just make sure that your bios is set to boot from CD,
> then in knoppix set a system password (from the menu: KNOPPIX|Set
> Password for root), then System|Gparted or GNOME partition editor.
>
> As much as I love Ubuntu, the livecd issues drive me nuts & knoppix
> boots quickly on everything that I own.
>
>
>
>   

I have a Damn Small Linux cd on hand just for partitioning stuff.
DSL is pretty cool...and it has gparted.
I just figured he already had a ubuntu disk on hand...

/tony

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