Yes, you need to get the parted boot disk from linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/parted. Saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Murphy" <mweeby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:23 AM Subject: Partitioning a drive with windows already on it? > Hi listers. > I hope everyone has a happy and prosperous new year. > Here's what I wanted to do, but I'm not sure if I can do it. I have > another computer running Win98 SE with a 20 GB drive in it. I am > currently running Zipspeak on it, but I would like to install a full Linux > system on it. My question is, is there a utility out there that will let > me create a partition or partition from the free space? I can't really > blow away the existing W98 partition because whistling up Sighted > assistance to reinstall Windows isn't really a practical option. I had > thought of zipping my entire Windows folder, but I don't know if it would > run once restored. > Has anyone ever done this before, and if there is a way, how could I do > it? > thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup