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&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Joe
&gt; Steele
&gt; Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 6:24 PM
&gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; Subject: RE: [ale] Trying to install on a new dell
&gt; 
&gt; On Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:23 PM, Davis, Ringo (Lester) wrote:
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; I deleted hda 4, 5 and 6. I clicked on Hda2 and selected resize.
&gt; &gt; Even
&gt; &gt; though in the partitioner it says it is a 24.8 gig drive, teh
&gt; &gt; resizer
&gt; &gt; thinks it is a 15 gig drive. How do I fix this?
&gt; &gt; Ringo
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
&gt; 
&gt; First of all, a disclaimer -- I don't have first hand knowledge of
&gt; Suse or of resizing NTFS partitions, so if anyone has better advice,
&gt; please speak up....
&gt; 
&gt; As I understand it, Suse YaST uses ntfsresize.  Per the FAQ for
&gt; ntfsresize (<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html";>http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html</a>),
&gt; there's a two step process for resizing an NTFS partition.  In the
&gt; first step, ntfsresize is used to shrink the ntfs filesystem.  The
&gt; second step involves using a partition editor to shrink the partition
&gt; containing the (now smaller) ntfs filesystem.  It sounds to me like
&gt; your Suse installation completed the first of these two steps, but
&gt; failed to change the partition size downward as part of the second
&gt; step.
&gt; 
&gt; If this is true, then theoretically it should be a simple matter of
&gt; reducing the NTFS partition size.  The ntfsresize FAQ describes
&gt; performing this process manually, but the FAQ also suggests that you
&gt; use a tool such as SystemRescueCD (<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sysresccd.org/";>http://www.sysresccd.org/</a>) (as a
&gt; front-end to ntfsresize) because it's more user-friendly.
&gt; 
&gt; Additionally, your problem sounds the same as described here:
&gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-21300.html";>http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/topic-21300.html</a>.  Their solution was
&gt; to use SystemRescueCD.
&gt; 
&gt; Once you get the partition size reduced, I presume the Suse
&gt; installation should continue normally.
&gt; 
&gt; One question:  your partition data included a 3 GB FAT32 partition
&gt; (/dev/hda3), which would presumably show up as drive D:\ under
&gt; windows.  Did this exist previously, or is it something the Suse
&gt; installation created to help pass files between the 2 OS's?  If Suse
&gt; created it and if it contains no useful data, I would remove it
&gt; because it's kind-of in the way where it is at the moment.
&gt; 
&gt; HTH
&gt; 
&gt; --Joe
&gt; 
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