Partition XP disk to add F-10 -

[Craig White]

On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 15:09 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> wrote:
> >   
> >> I've acquired a computer with a 40 gig hard drive with
> >> one NTFS partition and XP installed.  Can I somehow repartition
> >> it to reduce the XP partition to a minimum using the F-10 live cd? Or should
> >> I forget that and install an additional drive for F-10?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>     
> >
> > If you've already installed XP, use Gparted from the Live CD to resize
> > the XP partition and make space for the F10 install.
> >
> > ~af
> >
> >   
> 
> 
> The installer acts like it is going to re-size the Windows partition
> if I just click on "Write changes to disk?"  I just got to that point
> when I received your message.
> 
> I'm tempted to let it do it!
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It does work - I have seen it for myself - as per other e-mail, I think
10 Gb is just a little too small for Windows.

Craig