Re: [LUG] Wiping the Tablet clean...

[Mark Evans <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Melhuish wrote:

> I'd ideally like to dual-boot XP and Debian, although if it's too much hassle 
> then I'm prepared to drop Windows.  There are only two complications that 
> spring to mind: the XP CD is one of those nasty "restore CDs" that tend to 
> repartition your drive without asking you, and also that the machine has no 
> removable storage devices attached.

> I have another Debian laptop, a Debian desktop and a 2Mb ADSL line at my 
> disposal.  All the machines have network access and can share data via a 
> Samba share.

There are Linux tools for resizing partitions (parted) and disk imaging
(g4l). So you could resize the Windows partition, to make some room and
back it up.

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