Mandrake installation does partitioning very well, graphical and everything. I don't know if it works like fips (requires scandisk before running it) or not, but it *seems* to not require scandisk beforehand. It handles all FAT-type partitions including VFAT. I don't think I had to deal with NTFS so I couldn't tell you whether it works with NTFS or not...
You should still explain to him/her a little about partitioning to ease his/her confusion (why it's necessary, what it is, ideal sizes, how journaling file systems like ext3 is better, writing down /dev/hdX or /dev/sdX values for later references, how repartitioning is a horribly difficult and inefficient process so one should do it right the first time but expect to make some mistakes the first couple times, etc.) -Mark On Sun, 5 May 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > hi all, > > does mandrake and/or redhat come with an integrated partition > splitter/resizer? > > please don't tell me about what partition splitting options there are > out there. i'm just asking if mandrake and redhat have a tool > integrated into their installation system that allows a person using > full-disk windows to split their disk into 2 partitions and install > linux. ideally, something that would be easy to use to someone who > didn't even know what a partition was. > > if the answer is yes, does said integrated tool handle NTFS and/or dos? > > i'm asking for a friend who is going to try out linux. i recommended > mandrake, and wanted to tell him what to expect during the install. if > there exists no such tool, i'll redirect him to fips which has always > treated me vedy vedy well. > > thanks! > > pete > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- Mark K. Kim http://www.cbreak.org/ PGP key available upon request. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
