LinuxQuestions.org
Share your knowledge at the LQ Wiki.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General
User Name
Password
Linux - General This Linux forum is for general Linux questions and discussion.
If it is Linux Related and doesn't seem to fit in any other forum then this is the place.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 08-29-2005, 04:11 PM   #1
yanger
Member
 
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Distribution: Ubuntu, Gentoo, FreeBSD, Solaris
Posts: 55

Rep: Reputation: 16
Question disk re-partitioning.....


Hello. I use slackware 10.1-current with the 2.6.x kernel.....

i've realized that i need to suddenly require dual boot and i was wondering if i could re-partition my reiserfs drive and free some space up so i can create a fat32/vfat partition for dual booting into slack10 and windows xp... the issue i am having is....

i read that "parted" would be a great program to work, but under slack, there is no parted... so .. what would I use to resize and free up some partition space?

also, i want to use lilo as the bootloader, and not the windows bootloader... will installing windows affect the way i have lilo installed? lilo is located in the MBR.

hope you guys can help
 
Old 08-29-2005, 06:06 PM   #2
acid_kewpie
Moderator
 
Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417

Rep: Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985Reputation: 1985
parted is not part of a distro normally, it is just another 3rd party tool, that will run on any distro. most distros will include reiserfs tools package though, containing resize_reiserfs, which if it is only a reiser partition you wish to play with, you should be fine. Note that the filesystem and the partition within whyich the filesystem exists are two seperate entities, and as such would be resized seperately (unless somethign expleicitly does both at once).

as for lilo... installing windows WILL nuke your MBR without any way to avoid it at all. Your best bet is to get a fully functional boot disk for your current installation and check it works just fine to access Linux. Then go install windblows and reinstall lilo from Linux afterwards. Note you will need to add the windows entry yourself.
 
Old 08-30-2005, 12:21 AM   #3
tkedwards
Senior Member
 
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Munich, Germany
Distribution: Opensuse 11.2
Posts: 1,549

Rep: Reputation: 52
Probably the nicest-to-use partitioning tool is the Mandrake partitioning thingo which you can get by either booting your computer of the Mandrake install CD (and going up to the partitioning step) or booting it off the Mandrake Move or PCLinuxOS LiveCDs and then going into the Mandrake Control Centre.
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Hard disk partitioning Michael Davont Fedora - Installation 3 01-15-2005 10:26 AM
partitioning and disk errors junkie3 Linux - Newbie 1 10-14-2004 11:00 AM
Disk partitioning sveint AIX 6 05-08-2004 05:01 PM
disk partitioning gamenutt Linux - General 1 03-11-2002 05:28 AM
Disk Partitioning hank@$3800 Linux - General 2 12-31-2001 09:54 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - General

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:29 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration