On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 09:53:22PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote:
> Alexander Skwar wrote:
>
> > Aha, how do I run Partition Magic (PQM) under Linux? I don't understand
> > that reason.
>
> You do not run any partitioning software under Linux. To attempt to
> do so would be ludicrous. Can Linux fdisk delete the partition it is
> running in? All partitioning operations demand all partitions to
> be idle.
Sure it can. And you don't need the running linux, a small disk based is
perfectly well as well.
> You do need a Windows machine to install it. But once installed you
> then create the two floppies, which is all you ever need use. You
> can also create these under Linux directly from the CDROM. The
> first is DOS bootable if a licensed DOS is installed - otherwise PM
> installs FreeDOS on the floppy.
Okay, sounds good.
> If you mean BEOS partitions, no it does not. I do not have any.
Yes, I meant BeOS. I also don't have any. But that's not the point.
> INcluding the running Linux partition? What about bigger? On a
> running system that would be a nonsense.
Of course not on the running system. Where did I say that? And with
resize_reiserfs you can make the fs bigger. All you need is a tool that
resizes your partitions + the reiserfs tool.
> There have been no patch releases since 5.0
So what? Youself said that there are SHOWSTOPPER bugs in pm! Just because
there are a lot of bugfixes does not mean that the product is unusable.
It's simply a different development model.
> PM fits on two floppies, the first is little more than a DOS boot
> disk.
Nice.
> > > 5. There is no industry-accepted definition of how partitioning
> > > should be done. Mandrake's specifications are unknown and have not
> > > been published prior to implementation for review by persons more
> > > knowledgeable than Mandrake staff in the subject.
> >
> > Huh? What do you mean by that? I don't understand.
>
> Responsible software development practice. Read again?
I did not understand what you meant with "There is no industry-accepted
definition of how partitioning should be done. Mandrake's specifications
are unknown and have not been published prior to implementation for review
by persons more knowledgeable than Mandrake staff in the subject." What does
all this have to do wth chosing reiserfs or not?
> PM is proprietary software, so declines the opportunity.
You accept that for PM, why don't you accept that for Mdk?
Alexander Skwar
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