Dual Boot with Win2k Partition...Help!
I have Suse 7.3 Pro at home in a dual boot scheme with Win2K already, but when I installed W2k it as ME first. After I installed Suse, I then upgraded to w2k. Everything works fine. I'm trying to install Suse in at my office. I currently have w2k and an NTFS file system in one large partition (the only partition). I'm trying to shrink down that partition so that I can fit Suse on and install lilo for a dual boot. My goal is to get wine working and never use w2k, but for now, business is business and I have to use w2k until I get Wine working perfectly (I know...it's a long shot). I was able to redefine the partition at HOME because I was using FAT32, but I'm using NTFS here at the office. Can I alter an NTFS partition with the Suse installation features such as Expert Partitioning? I tried and it will only delete the current partition in order to create a second. Thanks for the help. Tom
The only software I know of that will shrink an ntfs partition is partition magic 7. Its a bit expensive for a one-off use product, but it does work. Ewan On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 20:39, Tom Nielsen wrote:
I have Suse 7.3 Pro at home in a dual boot scheme with Win2K already, but when I installed W2k it as ME first. After I installed Suse, I then upgraded to w2k. Everything works fine.
I'm trying to install Suse in at my office. I currently have w2k and an NTFS file system in one large partition (the only partition). I'm trying to shrink down that partition so that I can fit Suse on and install lilo for a dual boot. My goal is to get wine working and never use w2k, but for now, business is business and I have to use w2k until I get Wine working perfectly (I know...it's a long shot).
I was able to redefine the partition at HOME because I was using FAT32, but I'm using NTFS here at the office. Can I alter an NTFS partition with the Suse installation features such as Expert Partitioning? I tried and it will only delete the current partition in order to create a second.
Thanks for the help.
Tom
On Sunday 10 February 2002 12:58, Ewan Leith wrote:
The only software I know of that will shrink an ntfs partition is partition magic 7.
Its a bit expensive for a one-off use product, but it does work.
Ewan PM 5.01 is adequate, when XP is not involved. When I have a choice, I create a FAT32 Windows boot partition, even though 2K or XP are installed on NTFS, as this gives more options for multiple boot. Right now, I'm running SuSE on a laptop where I used PM5.01 to make room for linux alongside 2K.
One of the obstacles I find with avoiding use of 2K is the lack of common fonts between Word and StarOffice. Not to mention the number of places where linux is shut out of my employer's network.
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