XP and Linux

[James Knott]

John Wildberger wrote:
> 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 .

You can use rescue CDs with the ThinkPad.  As for formatting, I haven't 
tried with a USB floppy, but I think you could use the mkfs commands.
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