[LinuxUsers] blue screen of death

[Peter Manis]

Although I'd recommend learning how to use parted and fdisk command line
utilities to do this vs using a gui to partition.  So I would run fdisk to
start with create your partitions write them to disk and then start
installing on the correct partitions.

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Dante Lanznaster <dantecl at gmail.com> wrote:

> For what you wanna do, don't even need a partition tool. Install windows
> with a 10gb partition, then install ubuntu and use the installer
> partitioner.
>
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Paul Saenz <downtoearthman at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Okay guys, so tell me, which is better to use as a partiition tool?
>>
>> I am going to partition a 40 gig drive on a presario laptop.
>>
>> I want to make the first 10 gigs ntfs for windows os
>>
>> and the second 10 gigs ext3 for ubuntu os
>>
>> and the 3rd 20 gig partition for data.
>>
>> What will work better, and/or easier (user friendlier) for doing this
>> task?
>>
>> And which is more reliable?
>>
>> Partition Magic, or GParted??
>>
>> Your input would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Paul
>>
>> > Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 13:21:25 -0700
>> > From: cantormath at gmail.com
>> > To: roger.rustad at gmail.com; linuxusers at socallinux.org
>> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] blue screen of death
>> >
>> > The original post said "Parted Magic",
>> > The website says, Parted Magic uses GParted and Parted to handle
>> > partitioning tasks. The website says it features Partition Image,
>> > TestDisk, fdisk, sfdisk, dd, and ddrescue, which are FOSS tools.
>> >
>> > The reality is, you are really using many tools under one name, its
>> > not a magical tool. If you need the extra help using those tools and
>> > don't want to install them individually, fine, but they are all do
>> > very different things, it is good to know how they work on an
>> > individual bases when you need those kinds of tools all the time.
>> >
>> > Chris...
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr.
>> > <roger.rustad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Chris Penn wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> So I guess this Partition Magic might not be so magical.....Im gonna
>> > >> stick with gparted and fdisk.....
>> > >
>> > > Go ahead and stick with that.
>> > >
>> > > When your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail!
>> > >
>> > > +1 from me for Partition Magic in NT environments!
>> > >
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