XFS resizing & Win2k

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Brad De Vries wrote:
> --- Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > I've painted myself into a corner where i need/want
> > to turn a Linux only
> > box into a dual boot box with Win2k.  Right now, the
> > box (which is a
> > laptop) has just RH9 (XFS) installed, and occupying
> > the entire disk as
> > follows:
> > hda1  /boot
> > hda2  SWAP
> > hda3 /
> >
> > What I need to do is resize hda3 so that its about 5
> > GB smaller, so that i
> > can create a hda4 to install Win2k on.  The problem
> > here is that
> > xfs_growfs doesn't appear to support shrinking
> > partitions, just growing
> > them.  Is shrinking an XFS partition even possible?
> > If so, how?
> >
> > thanks!
>
> If you find that it's a dump/load process, you might
> want to look at a vmware installation.  I used it
> about a year ago and it seemed to work fine for me.  I
> think there is still an evaluation version which is
> good for 30 days.
>
> http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/wkst_eval_login.jsp

Unfortunately, i already tried that route.  my wife loves the game, Roller
Coaster Tycoon 2 (note the two, the first release actually does run with
wine & vmware), and it requires DirectDraw support that
just won't work in VMware.  I also tried with wine, and ran into other
problems.  As much as I hate it, Win2k seems to be the only solution.
thanks though.

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