Ubuntu Express: Can it setup a partition and dual-boot with Windows

[David Whyte]

On 6/7/06, Karl Goetz <kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net> wrote:
> David Whyte wrote:
> >
> > The question is, does the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS live cd include some kind of
> > tool to create new paritions and the like so that everything is done
> > for me?  I don't have any tools to do this for me (i.e. partition
> > magic) so I wouldn't know where to start.
>
> I think both cds do [1].
> >
>
> [1] there was a bug where the live cd ate peoples ntfs partitions, but
> I'm fairly sure that got sorted out ;)
>

I can see from a great wiki article
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GraphicalInstall) that you are able to shrink
an existing partition, which is great, however, after asking around, I
got told by a linux savvy mate that if my original partition is NTFS
it is impossible to do any kind of resizing.

Excuse my stupidity, but is this really the case?  Karl even mentioned
an old problem with NTFS partitions, but chances are that is fixed in
the released version of Dapper.

Any feedback from the list?

Regards,
Whytey