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01-17-2008, 06:04 AM
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 Re: Need a partition program Megaperson1590 wrote: > Hello, I'm an avid comp user who wants to try out Caldera Linux to see > if Linux is better than Windows but I'm having trouble finding a good > partitioning program. Fips doesn't seem to work and I can't obtain > Partition Magic. Your help would be appreciated. Get Mandrake 9.1 instead. Its installer will non-destructively shrink windows partitions (including the ntfs filesystem used by Win2000 and WinXP) to make space for linux in the size that you specify and will also automatically set up a dual boot system when it detects the presence of a windows bootable partition. You don't need a third party partition program.      |
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01-17-2008, 06:04 AM
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| Re: Need a partition program Mitch wrote: > > > > Clive Dove wrote: >> Megaperson1590 wrote: >> >> >>>Hello, I'm an avid comp user who wants to try out Caldera Linux to >>>see if Linux is better than Windows but I'm having trouble finding a >>>good partitioning program. Fips doesn't seem to work and I can't >>>obtain Partition Magic. Your help would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> Get Mandrake 9.1 instead. >> >> Its installer will non-destructively shrink windows partitions >> (including the ntfs filesystem used by Win2000 and WinXP) to make >> space for linux in the size that you specify and will also >> automatically set up a dual boot system when it detects the presence >> of a windows bootable partition. >> >> You don't need a third party partition program. > > Hey Clive, > > I am running XP right now and want to install Mandrake 9.1 > Will the mandrake install CD automatically partition my disk for me so > I can install it??? > >> >> >> >> Only if the version you are installing is Mandrake 9.1. Previous versions could non-destructively partition windows partitions but not partitions formatted as ntfs. That is a new feature in 9.1. Caveat: If you have a machine that was preloaded with XP, you will not have a full XP install disk but only a recovery disk or if you purchase it, a restore disk. Both of these disks assume that the owner of the machine will never repartition it and so if they have to be used, the recovery disk won't work unless you have run the restore disk and when you run the restor disk, it puts your partitioning back into the state that it was when it left the factory. That is not a problem for linux or for any other disk partitioner, but rather a problem with the standard agreement that Microsoft has thrust upon the OEMs. It is obviously another technique to discourage adding other operating systems to a preloaded system. |
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01-17-2008, 06:11 AM
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| Re: Need a partition program > Caveat: If you have a machine that was preloaded with XP, you will not > have a full XP install disk but only a recovery disk or if you purchase > it, a restore disk. Both of these disks assume that the owner of the > machine will never repartition it and so if they have to be used, the > recovery disk won't work unless you have run the restore disk and when > you run the restor disk, it puts your partitioning back into the state > that it was when it left the factory. > > That is not a problem for linux or for any other disk partitioner, but > rather a problem with the standard agreement that Microsoft has thrust > upon the OEMs. It is obviously another technique to discourage adding > other operating systems to a preloaded system. > You got that right Clive, lets hope the guys at xxcopy.com manage to work out how to clone xp and enable most new Megasnot customers (who dont want to buy a separate CD) the ability to add new operating systems, upgrade disks and make proper backups. |
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