Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 11:51:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: nadav@barcode.co.il (Nadav Eiron) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making a DOS Partition writeable Message-ID: <199610221551.LAA00811@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <326C97A4.D2D@barcode.co.il> from "Nadav Eiron" at Oct 22, 96 11:45:08 am
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> > > There is a commercial DOS software package called PartitionMagic (see > http://www.powerquest.com) that costs about $50 and can edit partitions > without reformatting (it can shrink/expand DOS and HPFS partition and > move around many other types of partitions, though not FreeBSD yet - > maybe someone shoul talk to them as they support linux and SCO > partiotions). I never had a problem with it, and it is highly > recommended if you find yourself repartitioning disks often (once a year > is often enough for me). Are you sure the size linux partitions -- or just recognize them in the screen. I've used the program on OS/2 HPFS and DOS FAT with great success -- but it occasionally gives the same error message on mounting the resized partition that they're seeing with FIPS. (this is with v2.03)... Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | 17 Meredith Drive, Tinton Falls, NJ 07724, 908-389-3592 | pechter@shell.monmouth.com This message brought to you by the letters VAX and the numbers 11 and 780.
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