If this is an attempt to help/answer my query, thanks - but it is not what I am trying to achieve (I suspect most on this list, including yours truly, know how to allocate appropriate partitions when installing Windows - in fact it is easier to do it during the Win2k procedure).
My "project" involves PC's which come with a rescue disk image which does not allow manual partitioning during or before the installation - so the manual portioning has to be done afterwards. Robert Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile way and you have their shoes. -----Original Message----- From: Ross Drummond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 8 October 2003 7:39 p.m. To: CLUG mailing list Subject: Install Winder{2000, XP} on limited size partition Get out the trusty old Win 98 boot floppy. Use fdisk to create a custom sized partition, 5Gb is good. Format the partition with the format exe on the boot floppy creating a fat32 partition. Jam the win{2000, XP} CD Rom in the drive and (with 2000) find the directory on the disk with winnt.exe, and issue the winnt command. Install should then begin. In the install routine you will be asked where you want the OS to go. Point it at the custom size partition you created. The rest of the disk can then be used by a better operating system. Cheers Ross Drummond PS. If you convert the custom sized partition to NTFS file system, it is a good idea to create an additional small fat32 partition. Then you can safely save files you need in winders from linux.
