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> there are one free and three commercial options to do hfs+ resize:
> 
> GNU parted: there are hfs+ resize patches to GNU parted as well as 
> pre-built linux binaries available at:
> http://xilun.nerim.net/Projet/Parted/
> you should be able to get this going with linux, (free)bsd and macosx
> (this is also what is used on gentoo-ppc to provide format-free install 
> options)

  Thanks Julian, I'll have a look at parted, and the commercial ones
are a good option for those who don't wish to re-install OSX just
to run FreeBSD :)

later,

Peter.