On December 1, 2003 03:32 pm, Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Jonas Widarsson wrote: > > I have an Acer Aspire 1703 SM laptop. > > I think the HD is an ordinary one, like those in stationary computers. > > I don't know much about how todays harddrives behave, so I'm wondering > > whether someone has recent experience in splitting the 80 GB primary > > fat23 partition (the only partition there is) so I can keep the existing > > winXP home install and install gentoo on the end of those 80 GB and then > > have a dual boot XP / Gentoo? > > Older Slackware Install CDs (and possible newer) distributed a utility > called fips that could split a FAT16/32 partition.
i think what you're looking for is gnu parted # emerge --search parted should get you what you need -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
