How to resize 60-gig ntfs partition to install dual-boot Linux?

[Micah DesJardins]

I just resized a 150 GB NTFS XP partition and split the drive 3 ways
with the latest Knoppix CD.  It was quick and painless.  If that's an
option for you I'd try that.

Micah

On 12/5/05, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:54 -0700, Josef Lowder
> > wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install Mandriva into a dual boot
> > setup on a new HP laptop
> > > on which win-xp has taken the entire 60-gig drive
> > and won't allow resizing.
> > > Is there some way around this?
> > >
> > > I see:
> > > ntfs resize failed
> > > ntfs resize v1.11.2
> > > NTFS volume version 3.1
> > > current volume size 60,003,381760 bytes - 60004 MB
> >
> > > followed by a long list of incremental
> > percentages.
> > >
> > > If possible, I'd like to avoid reformatting the
> > entire hard drive
> > > and deleting XP entirely.
> > ----
> > you might want to defragment the partition first to
> > make sure that there
> > isn't data spread out all over and try again.
> >
> > Craig
> >
>
> Definitely defrag and backup. I have a pavilion zv5000
> with a 60 gig that I'm dual booting. (Mostly avoid
> windows though) Anyway, I ended up wiping it and
> installing windows on about 20 gig, a FAT partition on
> 20 gig that I mount in both win and fedora, and the
> rest (about 16 gig) for fedora.
>
> works well. I'd actually ditch windows if I could and
> just boot fedora with a 10 gig root partition and the
> rest for /home and /swap.
>
> Oh, and let me know if you need help with your wifi
> (I'm guessing its broadcom like mine).
>
> -j
>
> Shin zen ni rei
> -j
> Registered Linux user number 403109
>   http://counter.li.org/
>
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