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Re: Help with Disk Defrag & Partitioning

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Ya`akov N Miles (ynmiles@telus.net)
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 15:29:41 -0800

Bill Gillespie wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> I need some help with disk defrag & non-destructive partitioning.
>
> I am using a 4 gig hard drive (/dev/hdc). Right now it has only 2 partitions, 1 swap (128mb)
> & 1 Linux Native (balance) running RedHat 6.1.
>
> What I want to do is shrink the Linux Native (/dev/hdc2) so I can install Storm Linux and
> probably swap in this new partition(s), but I don't know if the utilities exist and, if they
> exist, what they are.
>
> If worse comes to worse I can always backup and use fdisk to recreate partitions, I was
> hoping there might be a simpler way.

Sounds like a job for *** PARTITION MAGIC 5.0 *** available at local store.
This will massage the partitions into any size you want non-destructively
and allow you to make new Linux partitions. It does *not* defragment.
Do it from the Linux floppy install, don't use the Windoze 9.x version... 

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