NTFS and Linux

[Teddy Mills]

Is the data worth saving? If so...I would probably install PartitionMagic8
or DriveImagePro 4 (same company) and resize the live NTFS downto <7 or 8GB.
Assuming there is less than 7 or 8GB of data on the drive..

Leave the rest of the drive unallocated freespace..
Install a Linux into the free space...




----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Skehill" <JimS-pFJmkVL1u50 at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: [TLUG]: NTFS and Linux


>
> I just bought a new laptop by Toshiba and was getting all set to install
> Linux. (I installed Mandrake 8.2 on my Desktop machine just over a year
ago
> and and was very happy with it.)
> But recently I found out that I may have problems because the laptop has
> Windows XP installed on it. XP uses the NT file system (NTFS) which
provides
> a problem for most Linux partitioning tools.
>
> As I see it I have 4 options:
> 1) Buy Partition Magic.
> 2) Blow away the existing install of XP, repartition the hard drive,
install
> Linux, reinstall XP, etc.
> 3) Go to a Linux Install Fest. (Does anybody know if one is coming up in
the
> Toronto area?)
> 4) Pay someone to repartition the hard drive and install Linux. (Who
offers
> this service? How much does it cost?)
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Regards,
> Jim.
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