[wlug_org] Re: Linux distros @ installfest06

[Jethro Carr]

On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 19:58 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Venkatesh Sankaran wrote:
> 
> > --- Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
> >> Also, can anyone tell me if the Ubuntu disk has all the software needed
> >> to resize NTFS paritions without too much hassle?
> >> 
> >> If not, please suggest a suitable liveCD that does, and which is easy to
> >> use, and I'll download it and burn some copies.
> >> 
> > Nope, AFAIK the Ubuntu disk does not have NTFS resizing capability. I 
> > normally use the gparted Live-CD. If you can download this please 
> > (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php)
> 
> Question; I assume the usual disclaimers around data loss have been 
> detailed?
> And users reccomended to make a disk partition / empty disk space 
> available prior to the event?
> 
> Disk resizing still strikes me as something that needs to be 'all clear, 
> no responsibility'...

Yes to both.

A disclaimer has been printed, which needs to be signed by anyone before
they get an install performed.

cheers,


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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