Re-partitioning/dual boot with Vista

[Giles Orr]

I just purchased my first new computer in four years: I'd been
contemplating building a Core 2 Quad system from scratch, but after
pricing it out I went with a Dell system that cost about $250 less
than I would have paid to build myself.  Still c2q, and sure, they cut
some corners, but I didn't really want to have to put it together and
I don't mind.  I actually consider the built-in Intel X3100 video a
bonus, as it's reported to work very well with Linux without
proprietary drivers.

The system comes with Vista Home Premium.  I'm not planning on using
it much, but I'd like to keep it.  Does anyone have experience with
resizing a Vista partition and dual booting?  I'm hoping it's
essentially the same as working with an XP system: you resize the
partition using a Linux partition editor from Knoppix (or equivalent),
you reboot, you install (Debian).  No big deal.  Any quirks to doing
this with Vista?

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