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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:25:32 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5
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From:  "Randy Fowler" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] OT - Thinkpad hibernation - moving partitions

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 21:58:28 EST5EDT4,M4.1,M10.5, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

>Orest Skrypuch wrote:
>
>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, we're way OT here...but what the heck... 
>>
>>
>> It's your list!! :-) 
>
>As Mel Brooks said as King Louis in History of the World, Part 1: "It's 
>good to be the king!" :-)
>
>>> As Randy has pointed out DFSee does not as yet support JFS resizing. 
>>> From what I've read of your posts, Orest, I'd have to suggest using a 
>>> second drive as a spare onto which you could copy your JFS data.
>>>
>>> BTW, you cpould always boot OS/2 to a command prompt and run DFSee 
>>> from there, but of course, running DFSee is not your problem. Dealing 
>>> with the partition restrictions - and antiquated DOS requirements - 
is.
>>
>>
>> Yes, the JFS data is not so much a problem, it can be backedup and 
>> restored in a variety of ways. The problem is moving the active booted 
>> C: partition, without access to a floppy boot. As I noted in my last 
>> post, the trick was to create a tiny primary FAT partition and run DOS 
>> Partition Magic from there, after booting from the Win98 CD. 
>
>Thank heaven for bootable CDs. I routinely use a bootbale W98 CD for 
>just such things when I'm in the field or have a system on the bench.
FYI...

Lewis has started a thread entitled "T20 partitioning & hibernation woes" 
on the Notebook/2 list.  Please join us over there.

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Best Regards,

Randy

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