On Sunday 10 April 2005 15:25, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Tom wrote: > > DD only re-arranges partitions if used in automatic mode, not in manual > > mode. > > I don't think that is true. > I tried DD in manual mode. deleting partitions and creating new partitions, > and DD re-arranged my new partitions in a bizarre way. > Hi Tim: Hmmm, never had it re-arrange my existing partitions. I use separate partitions for /home, /var, /usr, /downloads, /storage (2nd drive to save settings, etc) and /etc so no partition can grow to a point of overwriting another area, keeping track of diskfree so I don't run out of space within any partition. I almost always use DD in manual mode but re-use the partitions I had previously, just re-formatting the ones I don't wish to keep the current data on. Although DD has not re-arranged my partitions, I did notice that when I started with FC4 series, the partition names were modified by adding a 1 on the end of the name: /downloads became /downloads1. And I've learned from experience not to try partitioning when not wide awake!!! Just my $.02 Tom > In my experience Disk Druid is a terrible application. > I can't imagine why "they" think it is better than fdisk, > which just does what you ask it to do. > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- Tom Taylor registered linux #263467
