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

[Eric Benoit]

That would be the master plan...

I just did it the hard way, but for my sanity I'm going to test out what 
Mark T. suggested, thanks Mark.

Cyber Source wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eric
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> Thoughts on the madness? Ok, dump the xtra pooched and use all 
> available drive space for Linux! Sounds like a plan to me ;)
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