On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 02:13:40AM -0700, Ralph Shumaker wrote: > Tracy R Reed wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I'm gonna take a risk and try to turn my kid's and wife's Windows >>> 2000 laptop >>> into a dual boot Ubuntu/W2K laptop. >> >> I wouldn't. Not if you want your wife and kid to be happy. >> >>> Is there open source software to shrink the Win2K partition that is >>> 100% safe? I've had the ubuntu installer resize and work well with NTFS* did it on an older Windows 2000 server and a few laptops/desktops. Seems to work fine but you have to have the fu with the installer.
>> >> No > > > Maybe, in a way. Copy the Win2K partition to a larger, newer drive, and > set the old one aside as a backup. If the drive has been in there since > W2K, it may not have too much elbow room anyway. > > >> >>> Can it toast the Windows installation? >> >> Yes >> > > > -- > Ralph > > -------------------- > The spelling of words is subordinate. Morbidness for nice spelling and > tenacity for or against one letter or so means dandyism and impotence in > literature. > --Walt Whitman > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- Ryan Lewon /sbin.us -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
