XFS resizing & Win2k

[Net Llama!]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Federico Voges wrote:
> The hd is a 80gb (Western Digital), so I partitioned like this:
> 30GB Linux (XFS(
> 2GB swap
> 30GB Win2k (NTFS)
> Rest of the disk: Scratch partition (currently: another gentoo
> instalation - XFS) (extended partition)
>
> The partitions where phisically ordered that way.
> Win2k didn't like it. I wouldn't boot after the first reboot during
> install.
>
> I ended up using the first 30GB partition for win2k and the second one
> for Linux. No problem at all.
>
> So, try to place your win2k partition near the "start" of the disk.

crap.  which bootloader were you using for win2k?  I'm wondering if win2k
is effected by the 1024 cylinder problem?  i really didn't want to have to
start reordering partitions in addition to reloading Linux.

thanks though.

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