[techtalk] windows sucks

[coldfire]

> You could boot from the linux install CD, get to the Partitioning point
> and remake the partitions *exactly* as you did when installing linux the

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> Yes, I *know* 2.2Gb won't fit on a CDROM but you should be able to gzip
> the image into less than 640Mb and then use 'zcat' to restore it.

and the partition table is fine and intact .. windows just "reports" it as
a 5.58GB drive.  dos fdisk knows it's limits .. and i don't fear that it
will cross the boundries.  i'd just like to have an accurate estimate of
how much free space i have in windows :)


abe