Re: Fedora newbie question

[josh@unified-tech.com]

Hey guys, your advice worked like a champ and I'm installing right now. 
Thanks!!

> On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 09:50:16AM -0600, josh@unified-tech.com wrote:
> > So I'm trying to dual-boot my XP laptop with Fedora Core 5.  I used Knoppix
> > ntfsresize to shrink down the NTFS partition and am now having problems
> > partitioning the drive.
> [...]
>
> The problem is that you resized the filesystem, but not the partition.
> (Resizing is a 2-step operation, and you only did one step.)
>
> If you use qtparted to resize the partition, it will resize the
> filesystem to match.  Just make sure you have booted Windows (so it
> runs chkdsk) and shut it down cleanly before you resize again.
>
> Steve
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