Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:20:09 GMT From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/78138: Error in pre-installation section of installation chapter Message-ID: <200503181620.j2IGK9oW076027@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/78138; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell " <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/78138: Error in pre-installation section of installation chapter Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:36:30 -0800 It is actually in the ports tree as sysutils/ntfsprogs. I've got a patch to add it to the livecd but I think it's moot because there is only space on DVDs. I'll run a build and see what kind of dependencies the package pulls in. - Murray On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 05:16:54PM +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:56:11AM -0800, Murray Stokely wrote: > > Hi Devon, this is good information but I'd like to describe a more > > FreeBSD friendly way of doing this. Can we provide ntfsresize on a > > FreeBSD live CD? > > > > - Murray > > I don't think so. The ntfsresize program is GPLed and relies heavily > on the Linux NTFS project code. I don't know enough about NTFS or > VFS to be able to say that it wouldn't be portable, but I think that > there'd definitely be a lot of work involved. > > Until then, I'm afraid there's not a better way. I'd do it, but it > will probably take a while for me to learn it and I've got other > priorities at the moment. > > --Devon
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