I orignally partitioned my hardrive with partition magic so i could install linux- which would be the best way to give the linux partition(s) more space.

But. Is there any other way to rezize the partitions without using crappy partition magic

Disk Druid maybe and how do i use it



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What's your current layout of partitions?
Which distro are you using, and are you installing a gui and things like development packages? Basically what are you using the box for?

cfdisk... (fdisk if you're a real man)

note... rewriting partitions will force you to reinstall your system... repartitioning a hard drive will wipe it clean.

Well then maybe use DiskDrake with Mandrake, coz I cut my / and /usr partitions in half to install Mandrake 9.1 in the seconds of the pairs, while not damaging Mdk9.0 in the firsts of the pairs

There's a good partitioning How-To which explains that if you're running a server or something, you may want a seperate partition to prevent logs or vast amounts of temporary files maxing out your whole filesystem and locking up your machine. Better to dedicate a seperate partition for them and know you'll have space for the main system to use.

Sounds like you just want to resize the partitions, right?

In that case:

GNU Parted

Just remember to read the documentation, and backups are always a good idea.
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I actually tend to use fdisk because I forget to type the 'c' but they're both just programs - fdisk doesn't look as nice but whatever. And repartitioning doesn't necessarily wipe anything clean - only formatting does. I've sliced and diced with no problems - deleted a DOS partition and put it back with a different size and it still dual boots, and done similar things with Linux partitions - especially swaps - I'm all the time shoving those around or temporarily removing them and putting them back.

I'm a big fan of parted but don't bother to install it on those systems that don't have it. Still, it's the thing to use if you've got it. I don't like the idea of Partition Magic and these other commercial things but if I was dealing with my NTFS partition, I guess I wouldn't have much choice.

i cant manage to install parted ive made the boot disk but how do i install parted?

Please can i have a step by step guide from some1..

thanks alot guys