On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 14:52, Jeffrey W. Stein wrote: > 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 > Someone mentioned qtparted previously but AFAICT it can only be used when Linux is already installed. My situation was that my customer had a laptop with XP installed and wanted to add linux. A single hard disk and without physically removing the disk and connecting it to a running linux system I had no way (at that time) to use the tools suggested. I wound up using Partition Magic, but really wanted to have a live-CD bootable system that I could use without having to pay for the extra tools. I was not sure if Knoppix contained qtparted and was out of time to investigate but have since done that and was pleasantly surprised to find it was there. Now I have another toolbox. Never too late for an old dog to learn new tricks. Jeff
