> >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 > > > > > > > > > We recently downloaded Knoppix and used qtparted on it to resize a NTFS > partition... works great! You might want to check these 2 links: http://www.sysresccd.org/ http://overclockix.octeams.com/ They have qtparted as well as several other great tools! ;) Ludo
