I've been following the merging thread and would be curious which product is better for resizing an XP partition to make room for Linux. I ordered an Inspiron...
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ex0dus
sud0x
May 3, 2004 6:08 pm
It depends on how much space... and how much money you want to sell. I have had my eye on a 20 gig USB 2.0 External Hard drive for a few weeks. Its only 150...
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Mike Kupfer
mkupfer37
May 3, 2004 4:50 pm
I have a Latitude CPx running SuSE 8.2. I've been using a disk and 4mm tape drive on another system, accessing them over the net, for external storage and...
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ibericovespucio
May 3, 2004 4:07 pm
Respondiendo a Nikolas Olivier [Re: [linux-dell-laptops] Fan stops on an Dell Inspiron], del 03 de mayo de 2004 a las 14:50:41 (+0200) ... It looks like. Last...
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Nikolas Olivier
kerso@...
May 3, 2004 1:11 pm
Hello, I've just got an old Latitude C610 on which I run a Debian with a 2.6.5 kernel. The problem is that sometimes when I press the Ctrl key, this key...
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Nikolas Olivier
kerso@...
May 3, 2004 12:51 pm
... Yeah, everybody's getting tired when summer comes up... ... I tried without ACPI, and it's the same. And i've also tried to go back to 2.4.26, 2.4.25 also,...
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Charles Fox
cafox513
May 3, 2004 8:09 am
Thank you, Douglas. ... From: Douglas S. Oliver To: linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [linux-dell-laptops]...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 3, 2004 7:37 am
As I understand it, Fedora is RedHat 9. It just no longer has RedHat's support. Though all of the updates still come through RedHat, and you can still use...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 3, 2004 7:34 am
All versions since about two years ago, work on all operating systems, be it DOS, Windows, Linux, and others. That's true for both Partition Magic and...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 3, 2004 7:12 am
Actually, they are both commercial. Each of them has at times been offered for free along with perhaps a book purchase. You might still be able to find a free...
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Charles Fox
cafox513
May 3, 2004 3:29 am
A question. Partition Magic offers a load-from-DOS version as well as load-from-Windows. I have XP on the laptop but the original partition job was done using...
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Tom Grimes
TomGrimes@...
May 3, 2004 2:46 am
Yes, you must run all these things as root. You should also make the partitions read-only, for safety's sake, while you manipulate the partitions (see the...
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Solomon Grundy
cisoard
May 3, 2004 2:18 am
OK, doesn't sound overly hard. I'm already in the process of backing up data, so I'll try out your method later tonight or probably tomorrow. I assume you must...
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Tom Grimes
TomGrimes@...
May 3, 2004 2:01 am
... Deleting partitions only changes the partition table. The partition table merely defines areas on the device, as given by a range of cylinders. It does...
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Solomon Grundy
cisoard
May 3, 2004 1:13 am
Are these programs free or commercial? Where can I get them?...
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Solomon Grundy
cisoard
May 3, 2004 1:12 am
OK, I get you. But wouldn't this method compromise data stored in the linux partition? I mean, both partitions are physically adjacent, but if I delete...
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Tom Grimes
TomGrimes@...
May 3, 2004 1:02 am
If the partitions are adjacent to each other, you may be able to use parted. Run `parted /dev/hdc`, delete the empty partition (I think the command is `rm`),...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 3, 2004 12:53 am
Well, if you want to do away with the other partition completely, I would use a program like Partition Commander or Partition Magic to delete the empty...
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Solomon Grundy
cisoard
May 2, 2004 11:56 pm
Hi there. I am trying to merge my main Linux partition with another partition that is completely empty. Which would be the best tool for the job? Has anybody...
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arun lal
arunkrlal
May 2, 2004 11:17 pm
The screen problem is fixed. I was not modifying my XF86Config properly. Also, I removed the 845patch link. VOILA!!!! thanks a bunch everyone.... -arun ...
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arun lal
arunkrlal
May 2, 2004 10:54 pm
hi all I know there are lot of posts about this, still I need to know most updated workaround. The Problem: the screen size has shrank to half of the LCD panel...
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Vadim E. Ulybin
ulybin@...
May 2, 2004 9:22 pm
Hello! You canb map this (and almost any) key to many purposes: 1) As I use GNOME, I can map keys to its purposes via GNOME ControlCenter-KeyBindings 2)...
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ibericovespucio
May 2, 2004 8:54 pm
Respondiendo a Douglas S. Oliver [Re: [linux-dell-laptops] The '»' Character on a laptop], del 02 de mayo de 2004 a las 10:54:37 (-0700) ... I use it to lauch...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 2, 2004 6:40 pm
Did you try booting from the Partition Commander CD? I used PC to setup my i8600. My PC cd came with System Commander. If you have the option of booting from a...
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David Amundson
johnxlong
May 2, 2004 6:14 pm
My Dell Inspiron 8200 went unbootable the other day when I was trying to set up a dual-boot (XP/Linux) system with System Commander to set up partitions. Does...
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Douglas S. Oliver
quantumnight
May 2, 2004 5:54 pm
Thanks to everyone who replied to my side query re the AltGr key. Now for another stupid question, on my i8600 what does the ¨windows¨ key do or allow me to...
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ibericovespucio
May 2, 2004 3:39 pm
Respondiendo a Nikolas Olivier [[linux-dell-laptops] Fan stops on an Dell Inspiron], del 30 de abril de 2004 a las 09:50:48 (+0200) ... Summer comming up? ... ...
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ibericovespucio
May 2, 2004 3:39 pm
Respondiendo a Douglas S. Oliver [Re: [linux-dell-laptops] The '»' Character on a laptop], del 30 de abril de 2004 a las 22:09:35 (-0700) ... Spanish...
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Ivan Fernandez Pelaez
neripunk
May 1, 2004 5:33 pm
It's usually setup to be the right alt key. I think the X KeySym (for xmodmap and so) is Mode_switch. Sometimes it's also referred to as the "compose key"....
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mchristoph.eckert@...
May 1, 2004 12:15 pm
... Hash: SHA1 Hi, ... AFAIK AltGr means «alternate graphics» and is therefore surely no german speciality, because it's one of the keys that isn't ...
