Instead of using the command line I just stick in a Mandrake install disk and do
the partitioning graphicly. I hope that my plan passed the sanity test about
copying files over...?

Quoting Bart Garst <bartgarst@cox.net>:

> I might be a little late to offer any help but, it sounds like
> `parted`
> is the tool for this. It's what I use for this very thing.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/parted.html
> 
> I always use the bootdisk.
> 
> Bart
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 23:40, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > 
> > Good point about DD wiping the partion table. Thanks for the offer of
> chatting
> > it out but I will chicken out of learning how to resize partions for
> the time
> > being and instead create the partions, copy over the files, and stick
> in a
> > windows install disk and go to the recover console.
> > 
> > If I have issues with that I will beg help some other night. IF that
> is the case
> > I will send you an email off list to beg help.
> > 
> > Thanks a ton for the help.
> > 
> > 
> > Quoting Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>:
> > 
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> > > On Friday 14 November 2003 11:26 pm, Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu wrote:
> > > > Old Drive:
> > > > 2.5 gigs on one fat partition (that just sounds wrong)
> > > >
> > > > New Drive:
> > > > I will fdisk it blank and then create a 8 gig first partiton
> which
> > > will
> > > > receive all the files to be copied over and then a 32 gig second
> > > partition
> > > > to fart around with later.
> > > >
> > > > I am concerned really only with the dding the MBR. I can figure
> out
> > > cp
> > > > again (it has been a few months away fromt he command prompt) on
> my
> > > own.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the reply.
> > > >
> > > 
> > > So you want to copy only the MBR?
> > > 
> > > dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1
> > > 
> > > Will copy the very first block of hda to the very first block of
> hdb.
> > > 
> > > This will, of course, wipe out your new partition table that you
> just
> > > created 
> > > so I guess I still don't understand.  Maybe dd is not the tool you
> > > want.
> > > 
> > > Alan
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