[nflug] shrink a linux partition for a dual boot with XP

[Mark T. Valites]

On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Eric Benoit wrote:

> I figured out a half assed method to shrink my linux partition and 
> increase my winXP partition.
>
> I'm going to ghost the winXP partition to another drive as an image, 
> take yet another hard drive and create a large enough partition for 
> winXP, install the image to the newly created winXP partition, then 
> reinstall linux on the second free partition so grub will enable winXP 
> to boot, thus winXP is bigger and bootable.
>
> This is my way of thinking without really knowing any other tools I 
> could possibly use... any thoughts on this madness would be most 
> appreciated.


If you want to resize partitions on an existing disk and preserve the 
existing Windows and linux installs, just use parted or qparted (both 
availeble off a knoppix cd).

If you're attempting to do something else, can you clarify exactly what 
you're trying to do?

-Mark
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