Re: hard disk imaging

sree wrote:

I recently acquired a new laptop with windows on it. I want to install
Suse 10.2 on it. i tried to reduce the size of win partition during
installation, but got error. i need some imp files/software in it. So
if i image the hard disk now and then format and create two partitions,
is it possible for me to palce the image on partition rather on the
whole hard disk??

If you have access to Norton Ghost, this is easy.
First, make an image of the first partition. Delete it.
Then, reload the image, specifying a smaller size.

Afterwards, just run the Linux installer to use the free space.

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