On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:27:35 -0400, edju wrote:

> The laptop here will not read a cd-r, so neither will it boot off one.
> Thus, I cannot boot from a qtparted cd. As everyone knows, partitioning a
> mounted drive is a no-no, and I can't unmount the root directory. I can
> connect the lap to a network. Is it possible to put the cd in a "server"
> machine, and boot the lap off of it? I've looked in Google, but I'm
> getting crosseyed. I just want to know if the above, or something like it
> is possible; if so, I'll get further crosseyed. If there's some other way
> to handle this, I'm all ears.

You might consider the first few chapters of the Gentoo install book. It
tells how to create a minimal system on a new partition.

You've not fully explained the situation - obviously if your current
partition fills the disk, the above would not work.

Would it boot from a USB CD drive?