Increasing Linux Partion...

[anthony baldwin]

James Black wrote:
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>> Selcuk Yigit wrote:
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>>>> What's the best way of going about this?
>>>> I read somewhere about using Norton Ghost but i dont trust it.
>>>> it's commercial software and i dont have any money to be paying for that.
>>>> ANy other suggestions besides using that resource hog?
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>>> it is Norton Partition Magic...
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>>> i did not hear any other software doing the same job..
>>> its the best for partition resizing.. (without data loose )
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>> Bah...horton's partition smegma...
>> Drop in any ubuntu livecd and use gparted.
>> It works great and is simple to use.
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>> /tony
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>> Okay, i dont have Norto, but ihave the livecd. is it as easy as using gparted or are there steps to follow? if it's a gui and easy to figure out then i'll do it that way. thankx for all the timely responses. 
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Yeah, you just boot the live cd, and then, in system>administration you 
will find
gparted.  It is a gui-tool, and rather intuitive, if you ask me.
You'll likely find it quite simple to use.
You may have to unmount the drive yourself, though, since, for some 
reason when you call
up gparted, it mounts it, but, it can't alter the partitions while the 
disk is mounted.
You will see the drive on the desktop (an icon), just right click the 
icon and choose
"unmount volume", as soon as it pops up.
Check these links out:
http://www.packtpub.com/article/Partitioning_with_GParted
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

good luck,
tony


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