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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 54e8a18947..3fc54a248d 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -390,7 +390,15 @@ partitions — used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME. Both <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and <application>GParted</application> are known to work on - <acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para> + <acronym>NTFS</acronym>. <application>GParted</application> + is available on a number of Live CD Linux distributions, such as + <ulink url="http://www.sysresccd.org/">SystemRescueCD</ulink>.</para> + + <para>Problems have been reported resizing µsoft; Vista + partitions. Having a Vista installation CDROM handy when + attempting such an operation is recommended. As with all + such disk maintenance tasks, a current set of backups is + also strongly advised.</para> <warning> <para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk. @@ -3990,38 +3998,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> </sect2> <sect2> - <title>Dealing with Existing &ms-dos; Partitions</title> - - <indexterm><primary>DOS</primary></indexterm> - <para>Many users wish to install &os; on <acronym>PC</acronym>s inhabited by - µsoft; based operating systems. For those instances, &os; has a - utility known as <application>FIPS</application>. This utility can be found - in the <filename>tools</filename> directory on the install CD-ROM, or downloaded - from one of various <link linkend="mirrors">&os; mirrors</link>.</para> - - <para>The <application>FIPS</application> utility allows you to split an - existing &ms-dos; partition into two pieces, preserving the original - partition and allowing you to install onto the second free piece. - You first need to defragment your &ms-dos; partition using the &windows; - <application>Disk Defragmenter</application> utility (go into Explorer, right-click on - the hard drive, and choose to defrag your hard drive), or use - <application>Norton Disk Tools</application>. Now you can run the - <application>FIPS</application> utility. It will prompt you for the rest of - the information, just follow the on screen instructions. Afterwards, you can - reboot and install &os; on the new free slice. See the <guimenuitem>Distributions</guimenuitem> menu - for an estimate of how much free space you will need for the kind of - installation you want.</para> - - <para>There is also a very useful product from PowerQuest - (<ulink url="http://www.powerquest.com/">http://www.powerquest.com</ulink>) called - <application>&partitionmagic;</application>. This application has far more - functionality than <application>FIPS</application>, and is highly recommended - if you plan to add/remove operating systems often. It does cost money, so if you - plan to install &os; and keep it installed, <application>FIPS</application> - will probably be fine for you.</para> - </sect2> - - <sect2> <title>Using &ms-dos; and &windows; File Systems</title> <para>At this time, &os; does not support file systems compressed with the |