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Trivial Win9x-partitioning question...
Bill Marcum bmar...@iglou.com comp os linux misc On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 07:40:09 +1000, Frank Fox <f...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: Hard disk with four partitions: hda1 hda2 hda3 root hda4 swap I want to join hda1 and hda2 together to make one partition. Using fdisk I delete hda1 and hda2 and create a new partition.

Newbie partitioning question
Robert On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:46:51 -0500, Steve <d...@dood.net> wrote: I have a question regarding partitioning. Are partition programs (fdisk, Disk Druid) completely independent of the operating systems they come with. For instance, if I create a primary partition in Fdisk, it can see it under Disk Druid,

XP partitioning question
Burt Johnson b...@mindstorm-inc.com comp sys mac system mark <sp...@yahooXX.com> wrote: wondering if it is possible to partition a drive w/o reformatting it. Would like to create a small partition, but dread the prospect of reformatting. thanks, That depends on where your data happens to reside on the drive.

Partitioning question
Hank Arnold (MVP) rasi...@aol.com microsoft public windows server general Guy wrote: i want to partition my 160GB disk (with RAID). What is the best partitioning schema when I want to install besides the w2k3 OS SQL Server, SharePoint services and virtual server 2005 R2? Thanks. What are the machine specs (CPU(s),

Partitioning Question
Jeff Richards JRicha...@msn.com.au microsoft public win98 setup Your second hard disk drive can be partitioned with a primary partition, an extended partition with one or more logical drives in it, or both. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 "Richard Lane" <rql...@ieee.org> wrote in message

Partitioning Question
on the C:\SYSTEM partition where also the OS resides and the actual databases, virtual machines on the DATA partition. Guy Sounds great. "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote: Guy <G...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I understand, but the system is meant as a test-prototype env. In production I probably need more

HD partitioning Question
No need for a reply unless you feel like it - the address will be sufficient. Thank you and I promise I will keep it this time - sheepish grin! -- Milly Staples Questions about Outlook? Look here for answers: Http://www.slipstick.com/outlook98/index.html (Please send all responses to the news group.

Partitioning Question
This is reserved for the most heinous problems, where you really require the flexibility of a full working Linux system in order to fix the one in question -- or a problem in category 2 where your solution requires capabilities not available on the Red Hat rescue CD. (And keep in mind there's also a "sysadm" ISO

Bad sector repair and Partitioning question
3) Expand on #2, by adding another partition (reduce the size of / as necessary) for /usr, /usr/local, /usr/X11R6, /home, and /var. This way you can add physical drives to replace one or more partitions as your needs change. Hope this helps some. DB Mays wrote: I have a question about "expert" partitioning.

Basic partitioning question
->Anyway, are there any free (or <$130) ShareWare boot-partition-selectors ->out there? I use BootIt here. It provides similar functionality, but uses a DOS like interface. BootIt does use a nonstandard partition structure, but their related program BootIt Lite uses standard partitions.

8200 Memory Question....(and partition question)
Colin Wood cw...@ichips.intel.com muc lists netbsd port mac68k Beth Sundheim wrote: Please forgive this very elementary question: I am preparing a Classic II for use with NetBSD (with the special kernel for internal video support developed by Norikai Yamada). I have created three partitions on the internal hard

Linux partitioning question
If you have installed no new apps for two weeks, say, and/or have made no major configuration changes - you don't really need to back up your Windows directory, nor all your software install directories - just the data files on the other partition, which would have changed. You can store Internet downloads, emails,

Partitioning Question
Is it advisable to install SQL Server / WSS (I mean the base software, not the actual databases, portals) in the OS partition? Sure, if you make sure to allocate enough space for that volume. I put my applications in the OS partition. Again, with a single array, all this is useful for is organization.

Partitioning question
Bill Unruh un...@physics.ubc.ca alt os linux In <35F9E992.F9126...@uswest.net> JohnDoe <d...@uswest.net> writes: The information below is my win95 system info. My question is how do I reduce the size of Partition 1 and increase the size of Partition 2 to install Linux on? Buy Partition Magic and use it do the job

Partitioning question - Lee, are you out there?
However, install them to the same place, such as your third partition. This way you won't double the amount of hard drive space needed for both operating system's apps. "Frank Brebels" <the....@wanadoo.be> wrote in message news:9t718a$1cka$1@scavenger.euro.net... Let's say i wanna put windows XP on one partition,

partitioning question
Theodore Heise t...@heise.nu alt os linux slackware Okay, here's the partitioning scheme I'm contemplating for an 80 GB main drive on my PIII Slackware box. As I understand it, I don't need a separate partition for /boot, and am thinking to leave /usr as part of the / partition to simplify upgrades and avoid yet

Partitioning Question
With a new 80Gb hard drive, am I better off partitioning it or leaving it in one piece? My last one I had partitioned into 4 20Gb sections. I'm going to buy a new one, for a different system, and want to know the best way to go. I've heard that when a drive is split up, it's more work for the heads, wears them out

Newbie partitioning question
I have a couple questions: 1) Do I need to "merge" the 2 already partitioned HD for PM 8 to work? If not what would cause PM 8 not to work in this scenario? If I do have to "merge" won't the data be lost from the 80 GB HD? 2) Is there some way to find out what program may have been used to partition the HD in the

Partitioning Question
To also have a Linux partition I guess I could either buy Partition Magic to shrink the NTFS XP boot partition, which seems kinda costly for a one- time use, There are other partition managers that are free. http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search or just wipe the whole thing and partition with a Linux

Partitioning question for Win98 SE
William L. Hartzell wlhartz...@attbi.com comp os os2 misc comp os os2 setup misc Sir: Jan Danielsson wrote: On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 13:02:11 -0500, WayneC wrote: [---] My advice would be NOT to have a Warp system partition that is compatible with Win98, better to have a dual-boot setup, where the system booted becomes