SuSE 9.1 Installation Doubt

From: B. Gandhi (b_gandhi2k_at_rediffmail.com)
Date: 06/24/04

  • Next message: johnny bobby bee: "Re: SuSE 9.1 Installation Doubt" 
    Date: 23 Jun 2004 21:16:07 -0700

    Hello everyone,

    I have a question which I guess is suitable for this group.
    I am trying to install SuSE 9.1 on my laptop. I have Win XP
    Home edition already installed on this machine. The Disk
    Management tool in XP shows that there is one single NTFS
    partition of 37.2 GB on my HDD. Then, I tried to install
    SuSE9.1, the YAST tool showed me that there is a 17.8 GB
    NTFS partion and some 19.8 GB Extended partition on my disk.
    My question is, how can I keep a partition of 10 GB for
    SuSE and the rest for Windows XP. Is there any way to do
    this without using commercial partitioning tool because
    YAST apparently does not allow me to resize the NTFS partition.

    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

    Thanks,
    Bhavin.

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