[NTLUG:Discuss] Assistance with Dual boot Win2000 and Ubuntu, external wifi card

[David Stanaway]

Check out gparted on sourceforge. They have a live cd.

Of course, there is always some risk with the partition resize, so you
should look through and assess what you might lose if you fry the
filesystem and make sure you have an adequate backup first.

I have successfully used gparted to -grow- NTFS partions with now
problem whatsoever (Provided the disk wasn't converted to a 'dynamic
(POS)- disk'.

It shrinks also, but I haven't really used that much, but the tool does
work.



Russ wrote:
> Hi to all.  I need help with this since I've never done a dual boot
> and I'm relatively new to the Linux world.
> 
> I have inherited my wife's laptop with Win2K.  The company she worked
> for insisted that the OS be setup on a small C partition (NTFS) with
> the user accounts/data on the larger D partition (NTFS).  I had hopes
> of using some of the space currently in the D partition.  With regard
> to available tools... We are in the process of moving so I don't have
> access to my USB floppy drive.  The laptop does have a CD-RW/DVD.  I
> do have Knoppix 5.10 and STD CDs
> 
> I tried to load Ubuntu 6.10 desktop to the laptop last night and it
> got to the third step in the Install process and locked up.  I was
> expecting that Ubuntu might have some partition software on board
> (like Mandriva) so that I could create another partition(s) for the
> Ubuntu load.  If Ubuntu does provide those tools, I didn't get that
> far.  What advice do you have in this regard?
> 
> Perhaps this would have been best as a separate email.  The laptop is
> a ThinkBook T21 without built-in wifi capability.  Since it's likely
> easier to just plug in a Wifi card, I'm asking advice on which brand
> and model is best with Linux.
>