Ah, partition magic is for wimps.
I repartition with fdisk on a live system . . .
Of course I don't expect the individual file systems to survive this
and I always back up first, but still . . . I don't really think you
want to plan on repartitioning on a monthly basis. Remember, "ln -s"
is your friend.
On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, you wrote:
| Kirk McElhearn wrote:
|
| > Or do I need to partition the HD before installing
| > anything?
|
| Good partitioning is so essential to the running of any multiple-OS
| computer that it isn't worth taking any risks with (like tyres on a
| car, and the battery in cold climates).
|
| Partition Magic is mature, well known, and works well for all OSs and
| file system types. Ranish is only beta, Mandrake's partitioner is
| too new (look at the history of bugs behind Partition Magic!).
|
| The basic problem is that there is no ISO, or any other, standard or
| organisation in charge of how disks should be partitioned - for
| example, Windows traditionally builds the partition tables in start
| cylinder number order, Unix/Linux traditionally builds them in
| creation time order. Fundamental ditfferences like that make
| interworking catastrophic. Because this whole area has just grown
| like Topsy, it is not well designed, and has been much klooged over
| the years to retain the required backwards compatibility. Therefore
| there are lots of gotchas. For a salutory education, just look at the
| error message listing in the back of the Partition Magic manual!.
| Mandrake has not yet published the error messages for its
| partitioner.
|
| So, yes, set up your hard disks with a good multi-OS and
| multi-file-system-type partitioner before you install. The only one
| I know that can be confidently trusted is Partition Magic. Yes, it
| does cost, but it's more than worth it.
|
| Partitioning is not just a one time job - you will be readjusting the
| partitioning, say, monthly, as your space demands grow.
|
| --
|
| Regards,
|
| Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
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