XP and Linux

[John Wildberger]

On Thursday 09 September 2004 08:33 pm, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> There would have been no need to move that new partition. To make linux
> happy with shifted partitions one boots from a rescue disk and edits the
> relevant scripts (usually /etc/fstab on the root volume) and the boot
> script (/etc/lilo.conf or equivalent). This makes linux aware of the new
> setup without needing to move anything. What would you have done if you
> had not had a tool that moves partitions around ?
>
> Peter
Rescue disks are fine if you have a setup that permits the use of them. My 
system is a ThinkPad with only an external USB floppy. So far I have not been 
able to use an external floppy for booting. Maybe someone has some experience 
with this.
Also, recent distros have a size that excceeds the storage capacity of a 
normal floppy.
On the subject of USB floppies, does anyone know how to format them for a 
Linux fs .
John
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