true Disk Druid should put a -3 or -2MB in their calculation...but until that's
improved...simply use put in 1MB and choose the Growable or Let Grow option
(whatever it's called) and it'll fill in the rest available.
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 02:50:35 -0600 (CST)
Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As for Disk Druid, it still has a problem. The problem is that
> it still doesn't know how to do math. After creating two partitions, it told
> me that I had 4886 MB left. So, I made /usr to be 4886. But, DD took
> the swap partition (or maybe /) out of the list and said there wasn't enough
> space. But wait... it just told me that I had 4886 and I used 4886, but it
> didn't like it. By playing games, I go it within 1MB of what I wanted.
> At the time, I didn't know what the Grow To Fill option was all about. Now
> it seems all I had to do was select a smaller size and check the box and it
> would have made it larger to fill the disk. I'll know that for next time.
> Any particular reason why fdisk is no longer available as an option to those
> of use who prefer that method of disk partitioning? And, why did DD fall
> over
> when it told me that I had 4886 left and used that amount, only to get an
> error? Fix this simple problem and DD will be improved some more. It is
> getting better. To the point where even I'll start using it.
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