Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:30 GMT From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software isknown to be able to resize NTFS... Message-ID: <200411222220.iAMMKU7K058824@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/71980; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Joonatan Kaartinen <j.kaartinen@pp.inet.fi> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: [PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software is known to be able to resize NTFS... Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:11:42 -0600 Joonatan Kaartinen wrote: >>Number: 71980 >>Category: docs >>Synopsis: Handbook says that no other software is known to be able to resize NTFS... >>Confidential: no >>Severity: non-critical >>Priority: low >>Responsible: freebsd-doc >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: doc-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 21 17:10:25 GMT 2004 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Joonatan Kaartinen >>Release: N/A >>Organization: >> >> >- > > >>Environment: >>Description: >> >> >There is a line in handbook that says: >"PartitionMagic is the only known application that can resize NTFS." > >This is no longer accurate. There is an utility available from http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ called >ntfsresize that can also resize NTFS partitions. It's included by default in Linux live-cd called >Knoppix. Also present in Debian in package ntfsprogs. > >I have used the utility a couple of times. No problems so far. > >I have no idea how portable the utilities are, though. > > >>How-To-Repeat: >> >> >>Fix: >> >>Release-Note: >>Audit-Trail: >>Unformatted: >> >> I don't know if it's in the Handbook's best interest to include every disk utility that can do this, although I personally wouldn't mind a "short list", and the list might be pretty short. However, that really isn't my call; here's a patch that at least makes the handbook a little less of a "liar". If it's OK with some docteam "seniors" <??>, maybe we can close this PR soon? Thanks, Joonatan! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- chapter.sgml Fri Nov 19 17:19:42 2004 +++ chapter.edit.sgml Mon Nov 22 16:03:31 2004 @@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ <application>&partitionmagic;</application> can resize <acronym>FAT16</acronym> and <acronym>FAT32</acronym> partitions — used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME. - <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only known - application that can resize <acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para> + <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only one of + the applications discussed above that can resize <acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para> <warning> <para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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