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Dual Boot XP?

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preacher:

quote:Originally posted by void main:
Yes you can dual boot it, but you have to shrink that NTFS partition down to make enough unpartitioned space to install Linux. Partition Magic can do that for you.
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So linux partitioning utilities cant resize ntfs partitions?

KernelPanic:

quote:Originally posted by ThePreacher:


So linux partitioning utilities cant resize ntfs partitions?
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No, they can't. (as far as I know)

[ December 17, 2002: Message edited by: Tux ]

shuiend:
Linux partitioners can resize NTFS but dont expect windows to work once you have. Linux will work but windows being gay does not accept that it has changed. So other words dont resize it with linux if possible

CaptainCool:
Your best bet is just to back up all your stuff and do a clean install of windows and linux. You could use that Partition Magic which makes it easy to resize your partitions but it also makes it easy to mess everything up which is what happend to me twice.

 
quote: I have a friend who says that he couldnt get Mandrake 9 to dual boot with Windows 2000 because of ntfs. Is this a problem?
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I dont know where your friend heard that because I have succesfully dual booted 2k and MD9 many times.

VerdeJester:
I installed Windows XP and formatted it for NTFS. Then I wanted to put Linux Mandrake on the hard drive. All I did was clean install Windows XP. Delete all partitions on your hard drive. Then chose the option to partition the drive. I cut it in half and installed Windows XP on one half ( NTFS formatted ) and then started installation of Linux Mandrake. When I reached the part about installing on a format I chose the the free unformatted space and told Linux to autoallocate and that was it.

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