[ltp] Slackware on T42?

[joshua timberman]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:00:47 +0100, Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it> wrote:
> if you check only a few days later I had to rebuild my T40 thinkpad
> after PM had succesfully resized /var then /home then /tmp then /usr and
> BOMBED on / !!!!!!!! Bastard :(

I would never use a non-Linux native program to resize Linux
partitions. Partition Magic has successfully resized my Windows
partitions to make room to create Linux partitions, but I did the
partitioning for the Linux installation during the distribution's
installer (SuSE and Fedora Core).

In Linux, I add my disks to Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and format
with ReiserFS for easy resizing if need be.  The tools are available
under Linux to avoid complications and data loss, I see fit to use
them whenever possible.  This is all stupidly easy under SuSE 9.2,
which I consider the most polished distribution after 10 years of
installing Linux on various platforms :).

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