Re: partitionmagic

[Ken Weingold <hazmat@hellrot.org>]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000, Andy Bastien wrote:
> Pending further investigation, we now allege that Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I am curious about how does Partition Magic work under Debian ext2
> > filesystem.
> > 
> 
> It works very well, in my experience.  PM doesn't work _in_ linux, but
> there is a "linux install" option that creates a bootable DOS floppy.
> Sort of cheesy, but I suppose it was the only way for them to support
> linux-only users without spending a large amount of cash on porting
> the entire program.
> parted is a [GPLed|Open Source] program that accomplishes the same sort
> of tasks.
> Of course, you should backup all of your data before repartioning,
> etc., etc.

I have had a lot of experience with Partition Magic and have had
great experiences with it.  I have actually used the DOS version more
than the GUI.  I prefer it, actually.  Really no-bullshit.  But no
experience with ext2.


-Ken