Roman....my winNT 4.0 partition is fat16, just about anything can read it. Alan Romanator wrote: > > I know. This is very tricky. I think, I should order PowerQuest's > Partitioning Tool. Apparently, the Windows version can resize and move > NTFS. I found the freebie DOS version for FAT very handy. But, it cannot > handle NTFS. > > Unfortunately, due to the nature of the software that I must use for my > Technical Support, I must have access to Windows NT4. > > Now, how do we get this company to include their utility as an rpm? > > Roman > > Paul wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Roman Bysh wrote: > > > > >Hi everybody, > > > > > >I have installed Linux to my D partition. The size is about 2047 MB. > > >Linux Mandrake installation uses 2044 MB. However, I have another 14 > > >Gig. of unused space using NTFS (factory installed). I have manually set > > >the following setting during installation: > > > > > >/boot ==>15 MB > > >/root ==>854 MB > > >/swap ==>321 MB > > >/home ==>854 MB > > > > > >I assume Linux has no limits as far as partitioning is concerned. As I > > >do not have a partitioning tool for NTFS, I was inquiring for some > > >solutions. > > > > You have DiskDrake. Run it as root. Be careful what you do. Look at the > > tables and locate the NTFS partition. Be careful what you do. Select the > > NTFS partition. Make sure you selected the NTFS partition. Be careful what > > you do. Tell DiskDrake to remove the NTFS partition. Before you do that, > > make sure you got the right partition and be careful what you do. Reformat > > the partition to EXT2. Mount it to a directory. Done. > > > > But: be careful what you do! Messing up a partition table is easier done > > than said, and difficult to fix!! > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > The ultimate proof of love is trust > > > > )0( [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] )0( > > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > > Registered Linux User 174403
