On 27 Mar 2010 at 9:47, Craig White wrote: Subject: Re: How to remove linux partition From: Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:47:03 -0700 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:users- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:users- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> > On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 00:27 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > I've not had to mess with Windows partitions much...but I don't recall > > the Linux tools being much good at fiddling with NTFS. > > > > It would be my suggestion to get a copy of "Partition Magic". Its a > > good Windows utility that can be had for a "good price" if you know > > where to look. > ---- > you should probably remove Partition Magic from your recommended list of > utilities since it is essentially: > > - abandoned software > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartitionMagic > > - incapable of dealing with ext4 > I believe the original message said it was Fedora 11, which I believe didn't use ext4 or have it as an option. > actually, the system tools in Linux are pretty good at dealing with NTFS > these days. In reality, you can just 'format' a partition in Windows to > repurpose it from Linux to Windows or use either the Windows or Linux > versions of fdisk to remove Linux partitions. > I've used the gparted with a number of live cds, and the ntfsprog do a very good job supporting ntfs. My G4L project has ntfsclone and supports ntfs, but no director resizing. > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:msetzerii@xxxxxxxxx http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) BOINC@HOME CREDITS SETI 9,535,143.929810 | EINSTEIN 3,864,659.270851 ROSETTA 1,813,326.197366 | ABC 416,151.919783 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
