On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:46:55 -0400
dougM wrote:

> 
> 
> John Meyer wrote:
> >
> > Google fdisk.  The linux version is more advanced, but either one
> > can create the partitions you need.
> K.  Thank you.
> 

"GNU Parted" is a more recent linux partition-editor than fdisk. It also
comes in a GUI version for your favourite desktop. GParted for Gnome or
KParted for KDE. 

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
http://xmelegance.org/kparted/index.html

GParted Live CD sounds just the berries.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

As always before you do anything major like this, back up first! You
could loose the contents of the partition you are trying to resize, or
in a worst case scenario the contents of the whole disk! *** You have
been Warned ***

I also recommend:
That if you do choose to do the resize, that you run a defrag first, and
repeat it until there are no fragments left. 

That you don't try to make a FAT32 partition larger than say
8GB, as it is a total waste of space due to chunk size.
http://www.felgall.com/bts/bts.php?issue=aug2006

That you understand that FAT32 is less secure than NTFS (although the
average home windows user runs their box with more than 50% of the
security disabled {such as no password on logons, admin account still
active with no password, no individual user accounts and no limited
access accounts}).

-- 
Michael
Linux: The OS people choose without $200,000,000 of persuasion.

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