VanLUG Email Archive
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Geoff Smith wrote:
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> Over the few months, I have [slowly] been making the transition from
> Win to Lin. I've had some stumbling blocks along the way, thanks everyone
> for your help so far.!
>
> Here's my present dilemma: when I first installed Debian, I was told a
> 600MB partition is *more* than enough. It seems that is no longer the
> case (although I'm really not sure why, I don't have frivolities like
> games n' stuff [yet] ) My HD is 2.1 Gigs, so my Win 95 partition is a hog
> that I'd like to shrink eventually to nothing. For now, I'd like to up my
> Linux partition to 1-1.2 gigs. How can I do this? (there was a similar
> question asked a couple weeks ago, but it involved wiping out the win95
> partition completely) since I'm a hardcore newbie, I would really
> appreciate not getting an answer like "just use fdisk." I know nothing
> about partitioning. I would also appreciate a solution with minimal
> typing.. due to a recent accident with a sharp kitchen knife, I only have
> the use of one typing hand.
>
> thanks,
>
> Geoff Smith
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I hear the most recent Partition Magic can resize linux partitions without
destroying data. $70-$90 or so. Depends on relative value of hassle.
Partition Magic runs in DOS, so you need that.
Simon