> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Eric Hattemer > Sent: Tuesday, 20 January, 2004 05:56 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [luau] Linux > > I've always wanted to take a poll. How many of you > have used a > partition resizing tool such as partition magic and > seen massive > filesystem corruption immediately or up to a month > later? That's why I > shopped using or recommending those products, and > was wondering if its > at all common. If you want to keep from flooding > the list you can send > "It worked great for me" responses directly to me, > but mainly I'm just > looking to see if there are any negative responses. > > -Eric Hattemer
When I did an install of Mandrake on /hdb and used the partition tool that was part of the install, I noticed that some space was available on /hda, strangely in the middle of my four Windows partitions. I decided that since it was a sizable chunk (about 1GB), I'd turn it into /swap. When I booted into WinXP Pro after I installed Mandrake, it seems Windows recognized two of my three secondary NTFS partitions on /hda as Hidden NTFS partitions. Since they are "Hidden", Windows will not let me designate drive letters to them. Oops. This is the first time I have had this problem, and if I wipe those two partitions out, no real loss. Casey P.S. Define Irony... One of the partitions that I lost contained data that I put there because I thought I might have to re-install Windows, and wanted to ensure that I didn't lose the data. Oh well. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
