[ltp] Q: safe partition resize tool?

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

1) I thought QTParted is just a GUI version of Parted, so why the difference unless the ones you used are different releases?

2) With either PM or QTParted/ntfsresize, you have to have a new enough version to deal with the XP partition because NTFS under XP is a bit different that that in win2K or winNT.  The one that came with the Knoppix I downloaded in March was not new enough, but I got the newer ntfsresize at sourceforge.net


> > ----- Original Message -----
 
> > At the beginning, I started out with PartitionMagic to resize the XP partition to make room for Linux. PM is very simple to use, and I believe you won't even see the hidden IBM partition.
> > 
> > Recently I resized my /home partition to make room for another one (playing around with LFS). IIRC, QTParted cannot resize an ext3 partition. It can resize other filesystems but not ext3. Instead I used parted which can resize ext3.