On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 16:56, Mike Wills wrote: > The install for Mandrake actaully allows you to resize NTFS > partitions. I have used it and it seems to work. Of course there is > the usual caution of potenitally destroying the Windows partition if > there is data where you deleted the partition.... > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:57:19 -0500, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a free tool to resize an NTFS partition on a hard > > drive in preparation for installing fedora to dual boot? > > > > I have researched fips, parted, partition magic, and others and so far > > the only one I can find that will allow resizing of the NTFS partition > > is PM (not free). > > > > I am installing Fedora for a customer on her laptop and have previously > > not needed to handle NTFS partitions, but now I have this one to deal > > with. > > > > TIA > > Jeff > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > Mike Wills > iSeries Programmer/Lawson Administrator > koldark@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.koldark.net > Want Gmail? Email koldark+gmail@xxxxxxxxx to get on my waiting list. > You might want to look at QtParted: <http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/index.en.html>. I successfully shrank an NTFS partition from an existing Windows XP Home installation so that I could dual boot Fedora Core 1 for running MythTV. I would just make sure that you back up anything vital, just in case. Good luck, Jeff
