partitioning (was Re: [ltp] Slackware on T42?)
Bert Haskins
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 28 Dec 2004 10:42:25 -0500
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I've have used Partition Magic on many different systems for
about the last four years.
I have a love/hate relationship with it
The main reason for this is that PM is very, very fussy about the
partition layout that it will read.
It craps out with just an error message on many systems that have been
set up other tools.
Typically these systems, many of which can multiboot into several
different operating systems,
seem to run without any problems.
This is the "hate" part, or is it?
The problem comes when you may want to clone, partition copy or repair a
drive.
You may crash and burn big time on any of these operations if you have a
partition
setup that PM can't read.
To prevent future problems, I either set up the entire drive with PM or
at least check
it out before investing a lot of time in it.
A alternative to PM is Ranish partition manager, a free download off of
the net. .
It's quick and easy to run this to check for errors or to set up a new
drive.
So, I strongly recommend that either or both of these tools be run
before investing
a lot of time loading applications.
Bert
joshua timberman wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:53:55 -0600 (CST), Josh Battles
><josh.lists@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi everyone, I'm new to the list and I'm thinking about putting Slackware on
>>my new thinkpad T42. It's a 2373JTU with all the standard options.
>>
>>
>
>I made it easy on myself and installed a nie bloated distribution -
>Fedora Core 3. Anyway, I digress.
>
>
>
>>I've got partition magic and am planning on making room so that I can dual
>>boot with WinXP and Linux. Is there a way to do this and still retain all
>>the access IBM stuff as well as using the WinXP boot loader to load linux?
>>I've installed linux on my desktop and I use the LILO boot loader there, so
>>I'm in the dark about configuring the windows boot loader.
>>
>>
>
>I don't know if the "hidden" area that IBM has set aside for
>rebuilding/reinstalling and such is preserved. All the "Access IBM"
>features will still work in Windows, however.
>
>Whether you use LILO or GRUB for your boot loader, either will
>automagically boot to the Windows boot loader if you choose to boot
>into Windows. Otherwise, they'll boot your favorite Linux kernel
>image.
>
>I also used Partition Magic to resize my hard drive.
>
>
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I've have used Partition Magic on many different systems for <br>
about the last four years.<br>
I have a love/hate relationship with it<br>
The main reason for this is that PM is very, very fussy about the <br>
partition layout that it will read.<br>
It craps out with just an error message on many systems that have been<br>
set up other tools.<br>
Typically these systems, many of which can multiboot into several
different operating systems,<br>
seem to run without any problems.<br>
This is the "hate" part, or is it?<br>
The problem comes when you may want to clone, partition copy or repair
a drive.<br>
You may crash and burn big time on any of these operations if you have
a partition<br>
setup that PM can't read.<br>
To prevent future problems, I either set up the entire drive with PM or
at least check<br>
it out before investing a lot of time in it.<br>
A alternative to PM is Ranish partition manager, a free download off of
the net. .<br>
It's quick and easy to run this to check for errors or to set up a new
drive.<br>
So, I strongly recommend that either or both of these tools be run
before investing<br>
a lot of time loading applications.<br>
Bert<br>
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joshua timberman wrote:<br>
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cite="midd52e487404122720094ba79abc@mail.gmail.com">
<pre wrap="">On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:53:55 -0600 (CST), Josh Battles
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:josh.lists@omg-stfu.com"><josh.lists@omg-stfu.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi everyone, I'm new to the list and I'm thinking about putting Slackware on
my new thinkpad T42. It's a 2373JTU with all the standard options.
</pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!---->
I made it easy on myself and installed a nie bloated distribution -
Fedora Core 3. Anyway, I digress.
</pre>
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<pre wrap="">I've got partition magic and am planning on making room so that I can dual
boot with WinXP and Linux. Is there a way to do this and still retain all
the access IBM stuff as well as using the WinXP boot loader to load linux?
I've installed linux on my desktop and I use the LILO boot loader there, so
I'm in the dark about configuring the windows boot loader.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
I don't know if the "hidden" area that IBM has set aside for
rebuilding/reinstalling and such is preserved. All the "Access IBM"
features will still work in Windows, however.
Whether you use LILO or GRUB for your boot loader, either will
automagically boot to the Windows boot loader if you choose to boot
into Windows. Otherwise, they'll boot your favorite Linux kernel
image.
I also used Partition Magic to resize my hard drive.
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