Jeff Malka wrote: > Is there a linux equivalent to Partition Magic. > > I own a copy of PM and I know that PM is compatible with > linux. But PM uses the BIOS to read the partitions. > > Linux will read a much larger hard drive than the bios can > read in dos. Therefore linux can read and use partitions > beyond what the bios can see in dos. Presently PM cannot > handle the HD part beyond what the bios sees because it > really runs in DOS and not really under linux. That is why > I wonder if there is a similar utility that actually runs > under linux to address the part of the hd beyond bios under > dos. Ranish Partition Manager. I believe that it's a dos program, but his docs seem to touch on some functionality beyond that of PM. I haven't had time to download and experiment with it yet but I plan to get a round tuit. :-) http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/ -- Alan
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