Roger Mandrake 9.2 and later (not sure about 9.1) can do non-destructive resizing of ntfs you need to defrag in windows then just use the Mandrake tools. I've can't remember any one having a problem with it.
Chad On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:36, Roger Searle wrote: > Jason, could I clarify: do you mean that Mandrake can do a > non-destructive resizing of an existing partition as part of an > installation? > > I'm asking because I have some Mandrake disks here and wanted to put > linux on my laptop too, but am too lazy to set up windows again. I don't > have any windows partitioning software, though have a couple of gb spare > on each partition at the moment and could put the space to better use! > The more time I can spend in linux the better... > > Roger > > Jason Greenwood wrote: > > I would recommend Mandrake instead of RedHat for beginners anyway. It > > resizes NTFS no dramas. It is similar enough to RedHat that it should > > be just fine for Uni. > > > > My .0002c worth. > > > > Cheers > > > > Jason
