Re: Debian and Win XP
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Shane Clement <sj_clement@yahoo.ca> writes:
> I have a Toshiba Satellite A30 with Win XP installed. How do I
> resize the ntfs file system since fips will not work on it and the
> only ntfsresize I can find is set to run under Linux.
Go get a copy of Knoppix from http://www.knoppix.net/ and boot from
the Knoppix disk. Then use parted or qtparted from the Knoppix disk
to do your resizing and partitioning in one fell swoop.
> Given that I need to know how to make a bootable Linux cdrom with
> ntfsresize on it. Some bright apple decised that my computer did
> not require a floppy drive so I have a 40 gig HD and a ups
> connector.
That's not surprising, my store still sells floppy drives regularly,
though we have long since stopped carrying floppies altogether. It's
sort of a dead critter.
> I am about ready to say to hell with the dual boot and give it all
> to Debian but I don't know how it would handle the large disk size.
No problems. I suggest making a 10 or 15MB /boot partition at the
beginning of your drive to help avoid potential problems with older
BIOS and large disks, though.
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