Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Jeffrey Rollin <jeff.rollin@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to wipe windows for gentoo w/possibility of restoration...
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:45:34
Message-Id: 8a0028260510120141u68851fael@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to wipe windows for gentoo w/possibility of restoration... by Neil Bothwick
1 You can resize a Windows partition using ntfsresize on the Gentoo
2 LiveCD. Failing that, download a Mandrake installation CD and use the
3 graphical partitioning resizer, then bail out of the Mandrake
4 installation with a reboot.
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6 On 11/10/05, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
7 > On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 18:06:41 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote:
8 >
9 > > I've got a laptop. It has a working win xp system on it (plus all
10 > > apps, etc).
11 > >
12 > > I want to wipe windows off of it and put gentoo on it.
13 > >
14 > > But, after gentoo is up and running, I'd like to create a partition to
15 > > restore the windows partition to.
16 >
17 > Why remove it? Wouldn't it be easier and better to resize your Windows
18 > partition and install Gentoo in the remaining space?
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22 > Neil Bothwick
23 >
24 > If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. *
25 > Wright
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