Re: [OS:N:] Open source software similar to PartitionMagic needed

[Jeremy Hogan <jhogan redhat com>]

Actually, this is not legal. The only OS you are allowed to use on that
machine is the restore CD, unless you *buy* another copy. Even just to
use disk utilities, that person would have to un-install their copy.

You have per copy use rights, not OS use rights. 

--jeremy

On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 09:02, Jonathan Moore wrote:
> You are legal to borrow a full install CD from someone else. What you get from 
> MS is a license for use. Just borrow a CD from someone that has the full 
> version and set things up how you want. 
> -- 
> Jonathan Moore
> Directory of Technology
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> Quoting Sivakumaran Raman <allo976 yahoo com>:
> 
> > I am presently using Red Hat 7.3 as a dual-booting
> > system with Windows XP on an emachines T1400 computer.
> > The computer came only with restore CDs (not
> > installation CDs) for Windows XP and to create a new
> > partition I had to buy PartitionMagic 7.0. This is
> > because tools like fips do not work with the NTFS
> > partitions that Windows XP gives by default. Since I
> > had only the restore CDs (and not the installation
> > CDs), I could not reinstall Windows XP using a FAT32
> > file system. 
> > 
> > I feel that an open source software package like
> > PartitionMagic is needed that is able to work with
> > NTFS partitions in order to simplify the dual-booting
> > process for users (at no extra cost). Maybe Red Hat
> > can develop something like that. 
> > 
> > I am sorry if this is not the exact forum for posting
> > this message---but I am a member of other mailing
> > lists too and I still had no idea where to make this
> > request. 
> > 
> > Siv Raman
> > 
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