[Techtalk] partitioning under linux

[Gnat Alie]

Thank you for all your help and information. Though I do not intend on
resizing windows XP what should I defrag with (I figure I probably should
do that anyway and should probably update to SP3 - you don't have to tell
me to be conservative with Windows changes XB)? Thankfully, I have my
system backed up. I think then, from what I gather, a gparted live disk
would be the best option.

Would it not really work out well if I moved my swap to partition 5, and
had windows at 4, with linux at 3? Or would linux be smart enough? XB

Thanks a lot again.


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:

> Just my opinion but, whenever I've wanted to resize a Windows partition
> I've always done it in Windows. My theory is that Windows knows how to deal
> with moving it's own files better than another OS. I can't say that my
> theory is correct but I've never had an issue doing it that way. And,
> definitely defrag first.
>
> Having said that I have a few times let the install script resize on the
> fly during an install and never had a problem either.
>
> Not saying that the very next time I do it it won't totally bork the
> system. Maybe I've just been lucky so far. *<]:oD
>
>
> On 02/03/2013 03:27 PM, Miriam English wrote:
>
>> I've had an easy time of manipulating lots of drive partitions with
>> gparted. It is easy and intuitive.
>>
>> A word of warning: back everything up. I've never lost anything with
>> gparted, but when fiddling with partitions the risk is always there.
>>
>> I know you didn't specifically say you wanted to resize a Windows
>> partition, but if at any point you decide to then do defragment it first
>> and be aware that XP and Windows7 seem to stick some system stuff in the
>> middle of the disk address space which risks getting clobbered. Be
>> conservative in your Windows changes.
>>
>> Using gparted to resize, move, delete, create Linux partitions, swap
>> partitions, and any of several other format partitions is very simple and
>> easy.
>>
>> Note that if you want to use solid-state flash-memory drives (such as SD
>> cards, thumbdrives, etc) then be aware that you need to be careful of
>> several quirks of that hardware so that whatever partitioning and formating
>> program you use doesn't radically shorten the drive's life.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> - Miriam
>>
>>
>> Gnat Alie wrote:
>>
>>> I have heard that gparted is the best program for partitioning under
>>> linux.
>>> I'm using Fedora 18 KDE. Is there a better option or is gparted the best?
>>> It looks nice. I want to delete and resize and possibly move & create
>>> partitions.
>>>
>>> If I delete my swap space, can I then re-create the swap space? If so,
>>> will
>>> it be last in the partition table? My problem is I think windows on my
>>> tri-booted mac machine wants to boot from partition 4 and it's currently
>>> on
>>> partition 5 (and my swap is in the 4th spot).
>>>
>>> I'd also like to resize my swap and linux partitions.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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