-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 17 November 2003 04:05 pm, Eric Dickner wrote: > Hello All. > > Starting right off the bat in the set of instructions for installing > on an existing disk running Windows I have a problem. Section > 3.6.1.1 tells you to create a bootable floppy with the "sys a:" > command, something that I have done in the past on older versions of > Windows but apparently does not work now: > > C:\>sys a: > 'sys' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > Using an older system disk made in the past with the "fips" tool on > it, again as section 3.6.1.1 tells you to do, will not work either; > the system will not boot into DOS. XP has a disk management tool of > its own but I don't trust it. For one thing it tells me that the > size of my disk is the amount that is filled an that I have zero free > bytes.... I don't want any part of it. > > What do we do for a "lossless" XP install? > > Sincerely, > > Eric Dickner
You need 'ntfsresize'. I have 'used' this to shrink a ntfs partion (whole disk) to create free space for another OS. Google 'ntfsresize' Use lilo, or your favorite bootloader to boot bothe OS's. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/uZx1k7rtxKWZzGsRAkk3AKCGt2Xbv57a3AGmTcIsQkN4SGHZPQCcDjMN eq3nMdBJkfhTPWIbRp6QARQ= =xCEY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
