From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout5-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.122] helo=mailout5.nyroc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Lb77-0006Ne-00 for ; Tue, 01 Jan 2002 21:26:45 -0500 Received: from alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com (alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com [66.66.234.169]) by mailout5.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with ESMTP id g022Qjq27153 for ; Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:26:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2002 21:26:58 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Murphy To: Subject: Re: Partitioning a drive with windows already on it? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks Janina, but what exactly am I looking for, and in what directory? I still find the nomenclature of the Ftp tree confusing sometimes. thanks. On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > Yes, you can do this. There are several tools. The ones for DOS/Windows > cost money. The linux tool, called parted as in "partition editor," is > free (surprise). > > What you want to do is to get a floppy that boots linux with speakup for > your speech synthesizer, and has parted on it. Look on the speakup > website. I believe we have this there. > > > > 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@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >