Ekow, Partition Magic 8 will do Linux, as a matter of facter, i believe I used Partition Magic 6.x to resize Suse 7.x partitions and I read that PM 8.x will do reisersfs as well as ext3. You will need to fix grub and lilo if you resize IIRC. HTH, Keith Tommy McNeely <Tommy.McNeely@Sun.COM> wrote: >128 is adequate for like windows 9x .. if you are on 2000 or XP and trying >to run two or more of the newer (2000 or XP) office products .. I would >suggest 256 ... laptop memory isn't too expensive :) ... I was able to get >128MB (the max it would take) for my Compaq Armada 1700 for like $35 from >MicroCenter (and its probably cheaper online)... > >BUT ANYWAYS.. back to your real question... > >I think partition magic is able to "resize" partitions.. not sure if it can >do linux partitions or not, and as with anything like this, you risk having >to re-install both sides anyways. > >Tommy > >--On Thursday, January 09, 2003 06:12:05 PM +0200 Ekow Oppon ><eo@proto.hmg.uct.ac.za> wrote: > >> >> >> Since I am on 128 which I believe is adequate, I do not believe its RAM. >> Its simply cannot run two of the following at the same time >> (MSword/Excel/Winppt). I am tempted to think it is swap. I do not remember >> dynamically asignoing swap size in the windows installation. >> >>> > I believe you're mixing up memory and hard disk. Are you getting a >>> > device full error in Windows or are you really out of memory? If >>> > you're out of memory, your only realistic option is to buy more memory >>> > - adding more disk space won't help you. >>> Windows dynamically manages the swap file space, so if you are low on >>> disk space, you are low on swap. >>> Mirek >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live" >> Dr Martin Luther King Jr. >>########################################################### >># Dr. Ekow Oppon # >># Dept of Human Genetics # >># Univ. of Cape Town. Med. School # >># Observatory. 7925. # >># South Africa. # >># Tel +27 21 4066506 Cell +27 83 3404277 Fax +27 21 4480906 # >> **********************************************************# >> >> >> >> -- >> Psyche-list mailing list >> Psyche-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > >-- >Tommy McNeely -- Tommy.McNeely@Sun.COM >Sun Microsystems - IT Ops - Broomfield Campus Support >Phone: x50888 / 303-464-4888 -- Fax: 720-566-3168 > > > >-- >Psyche-list mailing list >Psyche-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
