On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 00:17, Rik Tindall wrote: > Mandrake will do the resizing @ installtime, & is better than RedHat, IMHO.
NTFS? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael JasonSmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "linux users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:16 PM > Subject: Partitioning > > > Problem: > > o 15 members of the University's IT Department want to > > be taught how to install Linux. > > o I said I'd learn them Linux. > > o They want to know how to dual-boot. > > o The machines I have to teach on have one (1, I, > > 00000001) NTFS partition, of around 70 GB, with no > > free space. > > o The RedHat 8 installer (anaconda) will not resize the > > NTFS partition. I tried both "Automatic" and "Disk > > Druid" modes. > > o The University does not have Partition Magic. > > o Gnu Parted (and possibly "fdisk") could be used to > > resize a partition, but you would no know if you are > > about to wipe some data, which has been placed at the > > end of the partition for a very good reason. > > > > Ok. I need a simple solution that preserves XP, and has the least room > > for error. > > > > Any takers? > > -- > > Michael JasonSmith http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/ -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
