[TriLUG] need to rein in WinXP

[Ken Mink]

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 05:03, Chip Davis wrote:
> I just bought a new ThinkPad T30 which came with WindowsXP Pro installed.
> Before I can install any OSes I trust (OS/2 Warp/EcomStation, RHL 9) I
> need to curb XP's hegemony over the 60G disk.  The whole damn thing is
> formatted as an NTFS C: drive.  XP doesn't take up but 5G (does MVS need
> that much DASD space these days?) but then there's that peculiar matter
> of the hidden "recovery partition".  

I would suggest using Partition Magic as well. I used it on my laptop to
shrink the XP partition to give me room for RH. Worked like a champ.

As far MVS DASD utilization, a recent install of Z/OS(what IBM calls MVS
now) needed 12GB. Of course, we're doing development and install
everything but the kitchen sink. On the same machine, an installation of
S/390 Linux takes just under 2GB. Again we installed just about
everything.

Ken

> 
> I have successfully used Partition Magic in the past to rein in Windows'
> gluttony but that was before Linux.  Is there a better tool to use when
> dealing with UNIX filesystems?
> 
> If not, does anyone have a copy of PM I could borrow just long enough to
> spank Windows?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Chip Davis-
> 
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