partitioning a drive
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Original Message
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Name: MIke
Date: March 26, 2003 at 22:47:21 Pacific
Subject: partitioning a driveOS: win 98CPU/Ram: 128 4343MHZ |
Comment: How can i partition my hard drive if i am running win 98 and i want to run mandrake
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Response Number 2
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Name: 3Dave
Date: March 28, 2003 at 07:25:29 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If you want to keep your existing windoze
install, you will have to use software that
allows for resizing of partitions...I don't
think plain old DOS fdisk does.
If you want to wipe windoze off your PC
completely and replace it with linux, you
can set up all your partitions and format
them during the installation
procedure....just boot off the CD.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Son Goten
Date: March 28, 2003 at 08:31:14 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Use a program called PARTITION MAGIC. You can resize the hard drive and create a linux partition(ext 2 or ext 3). No need to wipe out Windows. Good luck.
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Response Number 4
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Name: unixhead
Date: March 28, 2003 at 13:27:23 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)People, the Mandrake Installation will "RESIZE and PARTITION" the hard drive for you. There's no need to blow $70 on a proprietary product like Partition Magic. Mandrake will also be happy to wipe out your entire Windows partition for you if you so desire. All the above options are presented to you during the installation. I've tried all of them in the past without a flaw.
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Response Number 5
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Name: Son Goten
Date: March 28, 2003 at 21:25:28 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Well, i did that too, but just to be on the safe side, it's better to use Partition Magic so that you won't have to go through all that.
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