Hi, Allen wrote:
> Been on Linux maybe 10-12 distributions for 10 years, am 80 and always been
> curious about BSD so finally getting around to it.
> Presently sadly my new Toshiba L675D seems to have some Linux
> incompatibilities so I have win 7 with Ubuntu 10.04.2 wubi.
> I do have a huge data partition that could be resized and wondering if some
> kind soul would offer options based on my present
> configuration. I do have wireless network. Thank you
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"Julian H. Stacey" <[email protected]>
Welcome to BSD, There's quite a few BSDs
http://www.berklix.com/bsd/
prob. something like FreeBSD or PC-BSD will suit you best.
Yes, you can shrink your Win 7 partition.
I answered a similar question recently
http://berklix.com/~jhs/txt/install_bsd.html
Summary of methods/ other answers:
Using programs runs on MS, some commercial, some free
Running a free live Linux CD such as knoppix & shrink from there.
Boot an existing(*) FreeBSD & run ntfsresize(*)
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/install_bsd.html#ntfsresize
http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/jhs/sysutils/ntfsprogs/files/README.JHS
(*) We havent yet (as of 8.2-RELEASE) put ntfsresize on FreeBSD
livefs boot media (I mean to submit a send-pr for that some
time, unless someone else beets me to it (welcome) :-)
For now remove disc, connect it to another machine running BSD,
build & install /usr/ports/sysutils/ntfsprogs & run ntfresize
Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com
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