I don't think parted works with NTFS; does Partition Magic?

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On 12/19/01, 2:35:25 PM, ScanMan <scanman at scanman.mine.nu> wrote regarding 
Re: [TCLUG] Newbie Post-Install partition question:


> On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 10:17, Robert Leduc wrote:
> > 1)  The new partition need not be bootable; can I ignore this
> > 1024 cylinder limit thing then?

> Yup.

> > 2)  Does my version of Win98 or my bios place restrictions on the
> > size of the partition I can create?  Where would I look to find
> > an answer?

> Nope.

> > 3) I tentatively tried to use RH's fdisk to create a new
> > partition but didn't save the partition table.  I couldn't see
> > how to make it of type "Win95 VFAT" rather than of type "Linux".
> > Should this be a worry or does this change after somehow
> > formatting the new partition?  Maybe what I need is a rough
> > outline of which commands I need to consider executing?  Note, RH
> > 7.2 doesn't seem to ship with cfdisk, more's the pity.

> You use the "t" command to change the type of a partition in fdisk.

> > 4) For example, what is the linux command for "formatting" the
> > drive as FAT32?

> Formatting the drive under Linux is not recommended. After creating the
> partition with fdisk, you should reboot and format under Windows.

> > 5) When I create this new partition, the linux drive assignments
> > hda1 -- hda9 or so won't be in order based on the cylinders they
> > occupy.  I can reorder this using fdisk.  Should I?  If so, I
> > realize I will have to change my /etc/fstab to reflect the new
> > numbering.  Are there any other places I'd need to change things?
> > I use grub as a boot loader; since /boot and / won't move I
> > assume it will still work regardless.

> It's ok to have partitions in the wrong order. Fdisk may warn you about
> it, but there is nothing dangerous about it.

> > 6) My hope is that if I ever need to increase the size of /, I
> > could use partition magic to reduce the size of the new windows
> > partition and then do a linux reinstall and create a new, larger
> > / (likely to occur only in a future upgrade of the operating
> > system from cdrom).  I only have partition magic ver 4, but would
> > upgrade to 5 if that is necessary.  Would this work or is this a
> > bad idea?  People tend to avoid making promises about fips, but
> > would fips be a better alternative?

> I heartily recommend GNU parted. It can do everything Partition Magic
> can do, and it's free.

> > Thanks very much for any help on any of the above.

> You're welcome!

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