Old Man wrote :

> Well, it was _not_ the latest version. In fact, it was probably quite old.
> Thanks.

Maybe you should take a look at SystemRescueCd. Its a bootable Linux CD
coming with a lot of tools both for rescue and sysadm work like resizing
partitions(parted and Qt-parted).
<URL: http://www.sysresccd.org/>
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Thomas O.

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Thomas Overgaard wrote:

> Maybe you should take a look at SystemRescueCd. Its a bootable Linux CD
> coming with a lot of tools both for rescue and sysadm work like resizing
> partitions(parted and Qt-parted).
> <URL: http://www.sysresccd.org/>

I normally use the bootable disk from the latest Slackware release for this
type of thing. Yesterday, I grabbed an old rescue cd similar to what
you're suggesting. I've made several such through the years, but never
seem to keep them up to date.

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Old Man wrote:

> Realto Margarino wrote:
>
>> Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You
>> _do_ have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?
>>
>
> I tried Partition Magic (8.0)first. It refused to read the partition
> table
> - error 108, "partition doesn't end at end of cylinder." That's what
> sent
> me to parted. Thanks, anyway, Roger, now fuck off.
>

Oops. Sorry. Obviously, I'm not Pango. Last sentence stands.

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Realto Margarino wrote:

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> pango <fotterst@broadpark.no> trolled:
>> What alterliltives to the parted program (programs for linux) are there
>> in partition resizing? I want to resize an ext3-partition.
>
> Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You
> _do_ have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
>
I agree, Partition Magic is awesome when it comes to hassle free partition
making and resizing. Also comes with Boot Magic. A handy lil program for
booting into more than one OS.
MikeinAK

Old Man wrote :

> I've made several such through the years, but never
> seem to keep them up to date.

Then why not benefit from others work like this SystemRescueCd which is
kept pretty well updated.
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Thomas Overgaard wrote:

>
> Old Man wrote :
>
>> I've made several such through the years, but never
>> seem to keep them up to date.
>
> Then why not benefit from others work like this SystemRescueCd which is
> kept pretty well updated.

Yeah, I've since discovered the Slack disk does not include parted. I'll
give SystemRescueCD a try. Thanks.
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Old Man wrote:

> Yeah, I've since discovered the Slack disk does not include parted.*

Look in the Extra directory of any recent Slack. There it is. Of
course, it's not the most recent flavor of Parted but it is part of
Slackware enough to be in Extra.

Art Clemons wrote:

> Look in the Extra directory of any recent Slack. There it is. Of
> course, it's not the most recent flavor of Parted but it is part of
> Slackware enough to be in Extra.
>
True, but it's not on the bootable second disk in the set.
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