[96329] in RedHat Linux List
Re: repartitioning, NOT fips!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Baxter)
Mon Oct 26 12:57:12 1998
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:46:36 -0600
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From: James Baxter <jbaxter@morsco.com>
In-Reply-To: <199810261712.MAA15941@pythagoras.mit.edu>
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At 12:12 PM 10/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Okay, I just got a brand spanking new computer and ordered it with
>Red Hat pre-installed (from Atipa). Benefit: they made darned sure all
>the hardware was linux-compatible (and they did a good job of it).
>
>Down side: they did a crummy installation job. I'm spending all my
>time trying to clean up after it.
>
>In particular, they installed onto one big 6-Gig partition; I'd really
>rather have things split up. Can anyone recommend a repartitioning
>utility that will work on a linux partition? My understanding is that
>fips will only do dos/windows partitions...
>
>Since it's a brand new installation, defragmenting (hopefully) won't
>be needed, but is there a convenient utility to check?
>
>I'm really hoping I don't need to re-install from scratch, having just
>paid someone to do it for me. I guess I deserve it...
>
>--Michael Kleber
> kleber@math.mit.edu
>
Partition Magic 4.0 works on Linux partitions.
>
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