I agree, but Debian does not. At least I could not find a way to shrink my Windows partition using the Debain installer. Mark On Tuesday 19 September 2006 12:19 pm, Kurt Granroth wrote: > Most modern Linux distributions should have a GUI version of 'parted' > integrated into the installation process. In particular, SUSE does a very > good job of that. During the SUSE installation, you are given the > opportunity to resize your Windows partition to whatever you want and then > create the Linux partitions. It's all very slick. > > On Tuesday 19 September 2006 10:34, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I have a new laptop that currently has Windows XP SP2. I want to create a > > new partition on the drive for Debian. > > > > My system: 30GB hard drive. Primary partition is c: with Windows XP, about > > 28 GB in size (the whole drive). I want to create a 15GB partition for > > Debian. > > > > I have used Partition Magic 7.1 in the past to do this, but it seems that > > XP won't let it re-partition the disk. I keep getting an error 27 - can't > > lock drive at the first step. I googled around for a work around and did > > not find a good solution. > > > > Symantek now owns PartitionMagic, has a new version, and doesn't support > > the older version. After 30 minutes on the phone and referrals to 4 phone > > numbers, I finally ended up at a number that wanted to charge my credit > > card $10 in order to connect me to someone to ask them "What is the price > > of the upgrade from Partition Magic 7.1 to 8.0?"! > > > > So, it seems that XP comes with DiskPart, a command line utility to > > partition disks. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with it and > > could provide some guidance on how to use it. I start to get worried when > > it asks for offset values. > > > > Alternatively, what other options do you suggest for partitioning my drive? > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Mark Phillips Phillips Marketing, Inc mark@phillipsmarketing.biz 602 524-0376 480 945-9197 fax --------------------------------------------------- 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