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From: Eben King eben01@verizon.net
To: slug@nks.net
Sent: 6/25/08 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux into a T41 Thinkpad
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Dave Lowe wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Robin - Bartow FL wrote:
> >
> >> GParted Live CD
> >
> > Oh yeah. So far 95% of the time GParted has been useful. Only time was
> > trying to move/resize a Vista NTFS partition. It got ugly. Apparently,
> > Vista installed and left a 1MB **empty** unallocated space between the
> > partition and the beginning of the drive. No way to move or resize
> > that first partition at all. Had to hose it.
> >
> > Bummer.
>
> Now, with spin the other direction:
>
> GParted assumes every partition is flush against the previous partition, and
> breaks when that turns out not to be the case. This bug bit Robin while
> repartitioning a Vista install.
>
> --
> -eben QebWenE01R@vTerYizUonI.nOetP http://royalty.mine.nu:81
Eben
If an OS cant go where you want it,
I would perceive that to be an OS bug.
If it was I who did not know of a Vista partitioning quirk,
then it was I who made an assumption of Vista's versatility.
GParted has always followed my instructions.
Even when my instructions were wrong.
/robin
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