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Terry R. wrote:
> 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.
> 


gparted is PM for Linux. Looks very similar.
caver1