Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:55:45 -0400 From: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch@gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as alternative Message-ID: <20040413025636.7E95543D4C@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200404130300.i3D301Io058659@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 65477
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as alternative
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 12 20:00:00 PDT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Hal Burch
>Release: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Carnegie Mellon University
>Environment:
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE i386 (currently installing machine, so no uname)
>Description:
Section 1.6.1 of 5.2.1-RELEASE says:
FIPS does NOT currently work with NTFS style partitions. To split
up such a partition, you will need a commercial product such as
Partition Magic. Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got
a Windows partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to
reinstall from scratch.
QtParted will repartition NTFS-style partitions. It is available using
Knoppix 3.3. I've used it on two different systems without problems.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
Suggest rewording:
FIPS does NOT currently work with NTFS style partitions. To
split up such a partition, you will need either a commercial
product such as Partition Magic or use QtParted. QtParted is
available in recent version of Knoppix, a version of Linux
designed to run off CD. QtParted also supports DOS partitions.
You may need to run Disk Defragmenter under Microsoft
Windows first, which is available under System Tools in the
Accessories submenu of the Start Menu. Knoppix is available
at http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
The Knoppix website is spartan and a bit confusing. It may be
more useful to directly link to the list of mirrors:
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
to Partition Magic
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