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 ------------------------------------ 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 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. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss