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On 10/18/2007 12:42 AM On a whim, Allan Adler pounded out on the keyboard

> Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> writes:
> 
>> Let us put the shoe on the other foot. Say you have a Linux system and you
>> want to install a Windows system on it -- dual boot. Is that easier and
>> clearer than the way the OP complains of?
>>
>> I know it is much simpler to install Windows first, but say I do not want
>> to. (This is a rhetorical question, although I did install Windows XP once
>> on a machine already running Red Hat Linux 7.3. I made three full-backup
>> tapes of the system first (cannot be too careful), installed Win XP which
>> clobbered the first of three hard drives, then restored the Linux stuff (and
>> boot block) of the first hard drive from backup tape. Worked fine with no
>> surprises.)
> 
> I know someone who had Windows on a laptop and wanted to add a Linux
> partition. He used Partition Magic and had no problems. Ditto when he
> wanted to uninstall Linux and make the whole thing Windows again. One
> thing I don't know is whether you can start with a PC running Linux
> and use Partition Magic to add a Windows partition without trashing the
> Linux partition. Partition Magic can reapportion an existing Windows partition
> intelligently but it seems unlikely it can do the same for a Linux partition.

I've used PM to resize/add partitions, including Linux, without any 
issues.  I have 4 Windows partitions and 1 Linux.  PM has no problems 
dealing with Linux partitions.  Where problems do arise however, is with 
unsupported hard drive sizes.  I had a prior version (7 I believe) wipe 
out a drive because it was larger than the version supported.

It is much more intuitive IMO to create the partition first and then 
have the OS ask, "Do you want to use this unused space/partition?", 
rather than having the OS installer resize for you and ask questions in 
a way someone might not understand.  But again, I find that, "...this 
will destroy all data..." is about as clear as you can get.

-- 
Terry R.

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