Wanting to install Gentoo...

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... and I want to install it on my AMD64 system, but the full drive is occupied by Ubuntu, can I use qtparted to resize the biggest partiton to allocate space for Gentoo?

[Provicemo]

if you use ext3 or resier you should be able to do so.
Just make sure you backup important files first.

Just make sure you do it with a liveCD (partition not mounted) and after a fsck of the drive free of errors.

[Spankin Partier]

Provicemo, do you think that would work for me? I've got two partitions on a drive and the first partition is too small but I've got tonnes of space on the second partition. Would I be able to shorten the second partition without losing any data by moving it's start point hence providing more room for the first partition to grow?

[Provicemo]

It should work, but I still say safety first and backup your data and fsck the drive clean of errors.

[Spankin Partier]

No problem there. Tape backups are in full affect.

But still, this is a job for a rainy Saterday, just in case.