I have done this using gparted or partboot images on an ext2 system, although it was awhile ago. I think the package comes with floppy disk images. I did make the other OS partition the first one and formatted it before installation. Since it couldn't see the ext2 partition everything went OK and it didn't wipe out my linux partition, although this may be a risk.
since you will lose your MBR, you can use your linix instalation cd(s) as a rescue disk to set up lilo to point to the correct partition which will possibly be /dev/hda2 and also add your other system to the menu. the folling might be usefull; http://www.redhat.com/swr/i386/parted-1.6.3-11.i386.html http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/parted.html Steven >Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: >> I have redhat 9.0 on a laptop and need to place >> more installations on separate partitions. >> The current install has one big partition and >> boots from MBR (from memory). >> >> Is it possible to resize a ext2 partition ? >> What tools are available on Redhat 9.0 that may >> allow me to do this ? The intention is to leave >> intact the current installation. > >Partition Magic from Powerquest (commercial product) can do this for >ext2, maybe ext3 in the newer version (check the box) -- >Don't know any Opensource/free apps that can do this though. > >> Uh.. one of the new partitions will house Rh8.0 >> and another will be win2k. Please do suggest >> things I must be on the lookout for (particularly >> with win2k around - eg grub conflicts etc). >> >> As I have never installed OSes in that order (linux >> first and then windows 2nd or 3rd), I will appreciate >> your thoughts and esteemed experience in this issue. > >Keep bootdisks for your linux distros, since Win2k will certainly >overwrite your MBR without your consent. > > - Chris >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ >More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
