On 2 September 2011 01:13, Bruno Martins <bmomart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/01/2011 10:23 AM, Heddle Weaver wrote: > > On 1 September 2011 13:33, jeremy jozwik <jerjoz.for...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> just got my duel boot machine running. works great with xp installed > >> then debian with grub. works very great. > >> > > > > Well, thanks, but it doesn't really tell me much does it? > > I've already said I've been able to do it in the past, but it's not > > happening this time. > > Perhaps if you read a post before you replied to it? > > > > Thank you for your contribution. > > Regards, > > > > Weaver. > > Hello Heddle, > Hello Bruno, > > What's really the problem you're experiencing regarding to dual-boot setup? > First up: Thanks for a constructive reply. It's been some time since I've done this. Not since XP first came out, in fact, so I've forgotten something that I can't find reference to. I got a great deal, through a rtecycler, of a Dell desktop, monitor, mouse and keyboard, fully reconditioned, for $200.00. It came with XP and Office preinstalled, on an NTFS file system that takes up the whole disc. It does exist, because I'm currently posting from it. What I want to do, is install /root and /swap on about 15 Gb, allowing for the format also, on the end of the disc, which I can associate with an already established /home partition on an external expansion drive, with Grub2 handling the boot. Is there a way to resize the NTFS partition, from within the Windows environment, so that I have free space to create the partition? Because in the current circumstance, I can see no evidence of the Windows partition during the Debian install. Only an existing 'whole of disc' NTFS format. Regards and thanks, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
