From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 22:20:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142BD16A4D7 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD1D443D3F for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAMMKUVR058825 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:30 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAMMKU7K058824; Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:30 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:30 GMT Message-Id: <200411222220.iAMMKU7K058824@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Subject: [PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software isknown to be able to resize NTFS... X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:20:33 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/71980; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." To: Joonatan Kaartinen 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 @@ &partitionmagic; can resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions — used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME. - &partitionmagic; is the only known - application that can resize NTFS. + &partitionmagic; is the only one of + the applications discussed above that can resize NTFS. Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------