Re: Problems partioning XP disk

["David Palmer." <davidpalmer@westnet.com.au>]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:05:58 -0500
"Eric Dickner" <spam08@javagate.mv.com> wrote:

> Hello All.
> 
> Starting right off the bat in the set of instructions for installing on an
> existing disk running Windows I have a problem.  Section 3.6.1.1 tells you
> to create a bootable floppy with the "sys a:" command, something that I have
> done in the past on older versions of Windows but apparently does not work
> now:
> 
> C:\>sys a:
> 'sys' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> Using an older system disk made in the past with the "fips" tool on it,
> again as section 3.6.1.1 tells you to do, will not work either; the system
> will not boot into DOS.  XP has a disk management tool of its own but I
> don't trust it.  For one thing it tells me that the size of my disk is the
> amount that is filled an that I have zero free bytes....  I don't want any
> part of it.
> 
> What do we do for a "lossless" XP install?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Eric Dickner
> 
> 
What are you actually trying to do?
Install Debian?
On the same disc as XP?
Or have you got lost, and wound up on a Debian mailing list?
Regards,

David.