[ale] Trying to install on a new dell

[ringo]

I'll check out the link you posted thanks. I don't know I the funky hda3
was there before, but is does not show up as D in windows, it does nto
show up at all.
Ringo


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Joe
> Steele
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 6:24 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] Trying to install on a new dell
> 
> On Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:23 PM, Davis, Ringo (Lester) wrote:
> >
> > I deleted hda 4, 5 and 6. I clicked on Hda2 and selected resize.
> > Even
> > though in the partitioner it says it is a 24.8 gig drive, teh
> > resizer
> > thinks it is a 15 gig drive. How do I fix this?
> > Ringo
> >
> >
> 
> First of all, a disclaimer -- I don't have first hand knowledge of
> Suse or of resizing NTFS partitions, so if anyone has better advice,
> please speak up....
> 
> As I understand it, Suse YaST uses ntfsresize.  Per the FAQ for
> ntfsresize (http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html),
> there's a two step process for resizing an NTFS partition.  In the
> first step, ntfsresize is used to shrink the ntfs filesystem.  The
> second step involves using a partition editor to shrink the partition
> containing the (now smaller) ntfs filesystem.  It sounds to me like
> your Suse installation completed the first of these two steps, but
> failed to change the partition size downward as part of the second
> step.
> 
> If this is true, then theoretically it should be a simple matter of
> reducing the NTFS partition size.  The ntfsresize FAQ describes
> performing this process manually, but the FAQ also suggests that you
> use a tool such as SystemRescueCD (http://www.sysresccd.org/) (as a
> front-end to ntfsresize) because it's more user-friendly.
> 
> Additionally, your problem sounds the same as described here:
> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-21300.html.  Their solution was
> to use SystemRescueCD.
> 
> Once you get the partition size reduced, I presume the Suse
> installation should continue normally.
> 
> One question:  your partition data included a 3 GB FAT32 partition
> (/dev/hda3), which would presumably show up as drive D:\ under
> windows.  Did this exist previously, or is it something the Suse
> installation created to help pass files between the 2 OS's?  If Suse
> created it and if it contains no useful data, I would remove it
> because it's kind-of in the way where it is at the moment.
> 
> HTH
> 
> --Joe
> 
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