Re: Linux and Partition Magic
Bob Nielsen wrote:
>
> I have used Partition Magic 4.0 to expand and move a Linux partition and
> it worked fine. After doing this, I had to boot from a floppy and run
> LILO before I could boot Linux from LILO, however.
>
I have also had this happen to me. I have contacted PowerQuest about it,
demonstrated it to them, and they have acknowledged that it's a bug.
I use another boot manager in the MBR (Bootit Direct), so I have Lilo
installed in the Linux partition boot sector. I have found that when I
use PM 4.0 to resize/move a bootable Linux *logical* drive (inside the
extended partition) I almost always have the lilo problem afterwards.
When I do a similar operation on a bootable Linux *primary* partition,
the Lilo problem doesn't happen.
PM 4.0 attempts to do the equivalent of running the lilo command when it
works on a partition - but doesn't always get it right. It also makes
appropriate changes to /etc/fstab automatically - and so far it looks
like it does that right.
Tom
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