Re: ntfs partitioning

[Jamie Gavahan <label_67k676@sbcglobal.net>]

At 01:58 AM 10/10/2004, you wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have a Toshiba A30 Laptop with a CD-ROM drive and no
> floppy.  What really sucks is that it runs Winxp using the
> ntfs file system.
>
> I have the Debian install CD-ROMS, but i want to know if
> the Debian installer can handle partitioning an ntfs drive.
>  I have about 27 gig and would like to set aside 10 gig for
> Linux.  I can run the installer, but I'd like a dual boot
> situation for a while until I see how to get everything I
> need over to Debian.  For example, the genealogy program.
>
> I had a dual boot on a previous machine with win98 and had
> no trouble with it.  Now this ntfs garbage....
>
> I would appreciate any help and I know about ntfsresize,
> but it is not a Winxp pgm.

The pre-rc2 release of the debian-installer is able to resize
ntfs partitions. There is a business card iso image and a netboot
iso image available containing the installer. For more info look here:

http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2004/20040930

Cheers,
Jamie