Resize XP partition for more Ubuntu space

[Vram]

On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 22:01 -0400, Emerzen wrote:
> 1.) Defrag your Windows partition before doing any resizing.  
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> 2.) Grab qtparted or gparted via synaptic (or partition magic for fee)
> and resize.  Keep in mind that you can only have a total of four
> partitions on any one disc, however Linux can use LVM to form
> quasi-partitions.  Since you are only resizing this shouldn't be a
> problem.  However, it you're going to create any new partitions, keep
> the total number in mind.  
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Only four primary partitions..

Logical partitions ..The number 16 comes to mind..

So you would make one of the primary partitions of type extended and
create logical partitions on that one.


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> Personally, I've used qtparted and resized my Windows partition, and
> added/deleted/reformatted partitions several times w/o a problem. 
> Never used gparted though.  Good luck.
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> Emerzen
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