[luau] partition problems

[Warren Togami]

Alvin Murphy wrote:
> Looking for help. When I installed Mdk 9 on my Compaq presario which 
> came with WinXp on about 19 G HD, I mistakenly gave about 10 or more G 
> to linux, leaving only 7 for Win; I went ahead and installed Mdk and all 
> is going well, but I do not need all this room and I am running out of 
> room on the windows side. I used Partition Magic 7 and went back to see 
> if I could fix it, but there do not seem to be any viable options. 
> Partition Magic for reasons I do not understand sees the linux 10G 
> partition as all  used and I know it is not, but will not let me resize 
> it, use it to create another partition, etc.. So I am stuck, unless 
> someone knows of a solution, perhaps a linux tool. Thanks
> 

http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
GNU Parted can resize ext2 and ext3, but it has the restriction that the 
start of the partition must stay fixed.

I read somewhere else that Partition Magic 8 *claims* to be able to 
resize ext3, but only if you make the two boot floppies.  I didn't hear 
any confirmation of this though.  I don't know if Partition Magic is 
able to move the beginning of the partition, it seems to be able to for 
NTFS and FAT32.

Warren