Reducing an existing Linux partition for Windows use....

[eculbert]

I need to do the opposite! Resize/shrink a xp w/3 partitions on it. What is safe. It will be reformated and reinstalled. Does it give ability to leave some of the hd open/partitioned when installing the o/s? It is on a neighbors machine that is flakey now. Flakey= cannot find the onboard lan, but linux live can and they are not at all a 'tinkererer' type, so I got stuck doing it.

Can linux partitioning software safely reduce an xp partition and the data still work on it? I know it can be stopped w/o reformating when using linux only. Or will the partition then be corrupted? Remember, newly reinstalled system on at least 2 partitions.

Its a dell with a system disk available.

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--- On Sat, 9/13/08, der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> wrote:

> From: der.hans <PLUGd at LuftHans.com>
> Subject: Re: Reducing an existing Linux partition for Windows use....
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 1:08 AM
> Am 13. Sep, 2008 schwätzte Dan Lund so:
> 
> moin moin Dan,
> 
> > Okay, I'm pulling the pistol away from my head
> now, but I'll need to
> > use Windows on my desktop in order to play Spore now
> that it is
> 
> Spore looks really, really cool. The DRM crap looks really,
> really evil.
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/10/spore_drm_amazon_effect/
> http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/07/amazon-reviewers-clo.html
> 
> Wow, they really got some people to post against them.
> 
> 5 star: 	3% 	 (73)
> 4 star: 	2% 	 (50)
> 3 star: 	0% 	 (21)
> 2 star: 	2% 	 (57)
> 1 star: 	90% 	 (2,018)
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt/002-5356881-7975207?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
> 
> Hmm, that negative review makes it sound like they dropped
> out some of the
> cool features as well :(.
> 
> > finally out.  The problem is, it's a Linux box and
> has been ever since
> > it's purchase.
> >
> > I have CentOS (free RHEL clone), and what I'm
> looking to do is
> > throttle down the size of main partition to use it for
> Windows.
> > My question is, what is the easiest method to do this
> nowadays?  I'm
> > not terribly worried about losing the MBR, since I can
> boot up with CD
> > and run grub to make it boot in the proper way again.
> > I haven't done something like this since.. geez..
> 2001 maybe?  My
> > memories totally shot.
> 
> Make sure you have free space on the partition you're
> wanting to shrink,
> then resize the filesystem to be smaller and then resize
> the partition to
> be smaller.
> 
> Google for whatever filesystem type you have with resize
> and shrink and
> you should come up with step by step instructions.
> 
> GNU parted can resize ext2, ext3, linux-swap and reiserfs
> in addition to
> resizing the partition.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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