-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Shane Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a Toshiba Satellite A30 with Win XP installed. How do I > resize the ntfs file system since fips will not work on it and the > only ntfsresize I can find is set to run under Linux. Go get a copy of Knoppix from http://www.knoppix.net/ and boot from the Knoppix disk. Then use parted or qtparted from the Knoppix disk to do your resizing and partitioning in one fell swoop. > Given that I need to know how to make a bootable Linux cdrom with > ntfsresize on it. Some bright apple decised that my computer did > not require a floppy drive so I have a 40 gig HD and a ups > connector. That's not surprising, my store still sells floppy drives regularly, though we have long since stopped carrying floppies altogether. It's sort of a dead critter. > I am about ready to say to hell with the dual boot and give it all > to Debian but I don't know how it would handle the large disk size. No problems. I suggest making a 10 or 15MB /boot partition at the beginning of your drive to help avoid potential problems with older BIOS and large disks, though. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBd+njUzgNqloQMwcRAv0VAJ97yYmT1OpH9jpOsHtAlsKmiPaCdACaAvjP aC1lu3HV3cWhBlw+4lyUVOc= =WVTu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
