[oclug]Carleton U installs

[Brian Barber]

Check this out: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/help.html

You can shrink NTFS partitions using these tools.  I booted a W2K 
machine using Toms RTBT, downloaded and installed the tools to the RAM 
disk and managed to get them working correctly.  Give them a shot...

BB

Brian Barber
Ottawa, ON   CANADA
brian.barber at mysun.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Mendez" <will at xsibase.com>
Date: Monday, January 27, 2003 0:14 am
Subject: RE: [oclug]Carleton U installs

> Thanks, I'm running NTFS 
> 
> Will Mendez
> Toaster[2]
> Mmmm...XSI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oclug-admin at lists.oclug.on.ca
> [mailto:oclug-admin at lists.oclug.on.ca] On Behalf Of Shad Young
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 11:24 PM
> To: OCLUG
> Subject: Re: [oclug]Carleton U installs
> 
> If you are using fat32 you can use fips or presizer to resize your
> partitions. If you are using NTFS you may need partition majic... 
> I am
> not sure if presizer supports it.
> 
> Presizer is free and on the net...Google it. You will need a dos boot
> disk though.
> 
> Then install your fav...
> 
> Shad
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 23:12, Will Mendez wrote:
> > Was anyone here installing Linux for users at Carleton 
> University?  I
> > would like to know the procedure for installing Linux over my WINXP
> > install on my laptop (something I should have brought with me)
> > 
> > The thing I found interesting is I always thought you had to format
> and
> > partition the drive at first then install the OS's.  What there were
> > doing at Carleton was defraging on Windows then using that freed up
> > space to partition and install within Linux.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Will Mendez
> > Toaster[2]
> > Mmmm...XSI
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> > www.xsimontreal.com 
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