Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 13:49:33 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitions Message-ID: <20020925124933.GB1089@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <1032892641.c3420740jud@myrealbox.com> References: <1032892641.c3420740jud@myrealbox.com>
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On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 02:37:21PM -0400, Jud wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "John Wards" <j.wards@sportnetwork.net> > To: <questions@freebsd.org> > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 17:25:51 +0100 > Subject: Partitions > > Hi, > > I need to resize my XP partition so i can install FreeBSD. I have looked at > loads of partition software but they all want me to pay for it and I don't > see the point as I will only be using it once! > > Does anyone know of any partion software that will resize my XP partition > for free! > > Cheers > John > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > Yes, BootIt NG is excellent - 30-day free trial. > > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com > > There are free partition utilities such as > Ranish Partition Manager, but I found them poorly > documented and easy to screw up. > > There are also FIPS and PResizer, free tools offered > at FreeBSD FTP sites. I haven't used these (I needed > a boot manager that easily grokked RAID as well as a > partition tool, thus BootIt NG), but perhaps someone > else can comment on them. I have used FIPS - it works, but can be a bit hairy... Follow the instructions, and you should be OK. It's quite straightforward. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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