[ltp] Resize

[Matt Graham]

On Sunday 11 July 2004 19:35, after a long battle with technology, Bugix 
wrote:
> I have IBM T30 with preinstalled windows xp pro, and now i wanna
> install linux. But i have a question: what tool [do] i need [to] use 
> to [resize the 'DozeXP] partition without [losing] my info?

ntfsresize can shrink NTFS partitions non-destructively.  ntfsresize is 
on the first CD of most distros and some newbie-friendly distros like 
Mandrake will run ntfsresize automagically if the installer detects a 
single NTFS partition that covers the entire disk.  Remember that Linux 
can't reliably write to NTFS filesystems yet (though things are getting 
better all the time) so you'll either have to reinstall 'DozeXP and 
force it to use FAT32 or create a FAT32 partition on your disk if you 
want to share data between your OSes.  HTH,

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