----- Original message from Alan J. Flavell on Sat Sep 30 15:58:34 2006 -----
> 
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Arthur Maciel wrote:
> 
> > Can anybody recommend an up-to-date step by step "howto" for
> > setting up dual boot on a now WindowsXP (Toshiba Satellite) 
> > laptop ? Preferably for the non-expert, non-jargon-savy,
> > half-dimwitted...(better give up?) 
> 
> Not a step-by-step guide, but, given a delivered system which comes 
> with XP occupying the whole disk, we basically re-size the XP 
> partition (as partition 1) using Partition Magic, and then install SL 
> as normal onto the available space.  Installation all pretty much 
> takes care of itself, choosing Grub as the booter. In practice we use 
> a kickstart file to configure the installation, but there's nothing 
> particularly special, from the operator's point of view, about the 
> fact that it's a dual boot installation.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Personally I haven't found a better way than PM to reliably re-size 
> partitions while preserving their contents.

       Gparted : http://gparted/sourceforge.net 
       works perfectly well for that purpose.

> [...]


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