On 31 Jan 2007, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:41:07PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 31 Jan 2007, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 04:15:25PM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > On 31 Jan 2007, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > > > > > I failed to resize the Windows partition (Windows XP) with both the > > > > Debian installer disk and qparted. They appeared to work but at the end > > > > the partition was still the same size. > > > > [...] > > > > > > As I remember the process, you select the ntfs partition, resize it > > > (it will prompt you with the minimum size), wait wait wait, and then > > > you are presented with a new partitioning screen with lovely free > > > space. How did your experience differ? > > > > > > A > > > > Nothing at all seemed to happen with the Debian installer. > > details here would help. my memory is that you select the partition, > and press enter (doing this from memory here...), select resize, enter > the size and away you go. > This what I did. There was a prolonged pause, and then the original screen came up; the disk size was the same as before.
> > So I tried > > with ntfsresize from Knoppix. This completed satisfactorily but the > > partition was still the same size. It said I was next supposed to delete > > and remake the partition with cfdisk, which I did. It was now the > > correct size and type but Windows would no longer start. > > yeah, probably the cfdisking confused its boot. what exactly happened > with the windows boot? nothing at all? or did it try to come up and > fail? Yes, it tried to boot but failed, and then I was offered various alternatives such as reverting to an earlier instance of Windows, booting in command mode and other stuff; none of these worked. The documentation for ntfsresize does tell you to use cfdisk or fdisk to delete and restore the partion, but it still seems odd to me. > > you are correct in that ntfsresize *just* resizes the file system and > not the partition. Knoppix includes other partitioners. I've used > qtparted with success. It will call ntfsresize as needed. you might > try that. > I've done it from Knoppix, Ubuntu, and Gparted Live, without success. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]