On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:48, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 08:07, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > ... > > > > > Use extreme caution when messing with partitions!! > > > > > > Always double check ....and using diskdrake; Don't go back on > > > your steps too often, diskdrake gets messy.....bail out with > > > "cancel" if you're not sure. > > > > I'm going to second that advice -- in fact, I'd suggest skipping > > diskdrake, going to init 1 and using fdisk. > > > Hmm - long ago I used diskdruid and a pot of adrenaline. I'm a dab > hand with windows fdisk, but I've never used the linux one. I > presume it's similar? > > Anne
yeah, just with about 200 more options :-) Read the options on each screen a few times before doing anything. Best thing about it is that it doesn't make changes until you tell it, so you can do stuff, think about it for a while, then commit when you're sure. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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