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

[Josef Lowder]

Tried defrag (several times), chkdsk, and some other things, 
none of which worked ... but Micah's suggerstion to use Knoppix 
and the 'qtparted' utility did overcome this obstacle so I was able 
to install Mandriva 2006. 

However, I can only boot up to text only, no gui. 
When I try startx, I get a "Fatal server error" with 
"no screens found." 

I'll submit a new topic to provide details on this. 

Thanks for the 'qtparted' suggestion. 

Joe

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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:02, Micah wrote:
> 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.
>
> On 12/5/05, Josh Coffman <josh_coffman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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.