Is there a partitioning program for Linux?

Question

...that would let me switch my active partition?

Answer 1

Yes. fdisk.

type

fdisk /dev/hda

if you have an ide disk or

fdisk /dev/sda

if you have a scsi disk.

Then type
p

That will show your partitions.

Then type

a

and select the partition you want to be bootable.

Then type

w

Answer 2

Try Partition Logic: http://partitionlogic.org.uk/

That what I had to use.

Answer 3

Yes - have a look at

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/intro.html#AEN57