An added note on PM. If you let the Mandrake installation create your
Linux partitions then PM will see them all as 1 Type 85 partition and you
will not be make any changes to the partitions using PM. You will instead
need to use DiskDrake
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Can Increase a partition size..
> John....The Partition Magic CD (or the included CD that comes
> with some Linux distros that have PM included with their boxed
> set distro) comes with the ability to transfer the PM programs
> to a pair of floppies that boot and run the PM programs with
> an included version of DR DOS. You can then use PM on a Linux
> system by booting the system with these DR DOS/PM floppies.
>
> Alan
>
>
> John Catral wrote:
> >
> > Partition Magic has a Linux version??
> >
> > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Paul wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, John Catral wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Hi! Can I safely resize a partition in Linux? What software should I
use
> > > >then? I need to resize my partition (/home) so that I can use a
virtual
> > > >disk with VMWare. Thanks in advance =)
> > >
> > > Partition Magic is what I like best. I am not sure if DiskDrake wil
retain
> > > the info on the disks..
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John M Catral
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ICQ# 7113128
> > http://i.am/JohnCatral
> > Registered Linux User #183190
>
>
