Partitioning a drive with windows already on it?

Dan Murphy mweeby at nycap.rr.com
Tue Jan 1 21:26:58 EST 2002


Thanks Janina, but what exactly am I looking for, and in what directory?
I still find the nomenclature of the Ftp tree confusing sometimes.
thanks.


On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Yes, you can do this. There are several tools. The ones for DOS/Windows
> cost money. The linux tool, called parted as in "partition editor," is
> free (surprise).
>
> What you want to do is to get a floppy that boots linux with speakup for
> your speech synthesizer, and has parted on it. Look on the speakup
> website. I believe we have this there.
>
>
> > Hi listers.
> > I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year.
> > Here's what I wanted to do, but I'm not sure if I can do it.  I have
> > another computer running Win98 SE with a 20 GB drive in it.  I am
> > currently running Zipspeak on it, but I would like to install a full Linux
> > system on it.  My question is, is there a utility out there that will let
> > me create a partition or partition from the free space?  I can't really
> > blow away the existing W98 partition because whistling up Sighted
> > assistance to reinstall Windows isn't really a practical option.  I had
> >  thought of zipping my entire Windows folder, but I don't know if it would
> > run once restored.
> > Has anyone ever done this before, and if there is a way, how could I do
> > it?
> > thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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