From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 8 08:34:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1B516A415; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:34:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (ns1.pittgoth.com [216.38.206.188]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84F6E43D4C; Wed, 8 Nov 2006 08:34:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kA88Yhva076310 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:34:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 03:34:33 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Niclas Zeising Message-Id: <20061108033433.36eb4b9c.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <455107FE.5060007@n00b.apagnu.se> References: <200611061508.kA6F8IZ4025869@repoman.freebsd.org> <200611062051.02480.jkois@freebsd.org> <20061107091746.66ebc147.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <200611072057.22893.jkois@freebsd.org> <20061107154511.18fe0927.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <455107FE.5060007@n00b.apagnu.se> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jkois@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:34:47 -0000 On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:06 +0100 Niclas Zeising wrote: > Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:57:16 +0100 > > Johann Kois wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:17 Tom Rhodes wrote: > >>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:50:55 +0100 > >>> > >>> Johann Kois wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> On Monday, 6 November 2006 16:08 Tom Rhodes wrote: > >>>>> trhodes 2006-11-06 15:08:18 UTC > >>>>> > >>>>> FreeBSD doc repository > >>>>> > >>>>> Modified files: > >>>>> en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml > >>>>> Log: > >>>>> Mention one commerical and one free application which may be > >>>>> used to resize NTFS partitions. > >>>>> > >>>>> PR: 98941 and 71980 > >>>>> > >>>>> Revision Changes Path > >>>>> 1.335 +2 -2 > >>>>> doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml > >>>> Hm. Not quite. ;-) > >>>> > >>>> Just a few lines below your change I can stil read the following: > >>>> > >>>> "... &partitionmagic; is the only one of > >>>> the above applications that can resize NTFS > >>>> partitions. ... " > >>> See, "grep" isn't perfect ... err, my grep strings aren't, or > >>> something. Thanks! > >> I am afraid today is my "nitpicking day" ... ;-) > >> > >> But now this paragraph tells us that all these tools (including > >> Partition Magic) can only resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions > >> and doesn't mention NTFS partitions at all. > >> > >> So maybe we should change the last sentence in this paragraph into > >> something like this: > >> > >> ... All these tools can resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions used in > >> MS-DOS through Windows ME. Additionally GParted and Partition > >> Magic are able to resize NTFS partions (used in Windows NT through > >> Windows 2000/XP/Vista) too... > > > > See, I don't like this. Mainly I recall a magazine discussing a > > "WinFS" to replace NTFS in Vista. Has it happened? I don't know, > > honestly. In fact, I don't want to say that Partition Magic will > > work this way, my testing has only shown Partition Magic to resize > > Windows NT 3, 4, and 2K. I have not been able to test it on XP > > (girlfriend won't let me), or Vista. So there is a fear of me > > listing NTFS with confidence, yet, my version is at least three > > years old. > > > > I'll come up with something or other ... does it work on > > OS/2? ;) > > > > Shouldn't you be able to get what Partition Magic supports from > Symantec's website? > http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80 > > They state that Windows NT, 98, Me is supported, along with 2000 and XP, > so I assume that it is able to resize NTFS partitions on at least NT, > 2000 and XP. Can and will look into it. Thanks, -- Tom Rhodes