Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 06:20:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch@gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as Message-ID: <200404131320.i3DDKEmI051833@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/65477; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch@gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc: Szakacsits Szabolcs <szaka@sienet.hu>
Subject: Re: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:12:02 -0400
Szakacsits Szabolcs suggests referring to ntfsresize instead of QtParted
under Knoppix, since ntfsresize runs under FreeBSD. His suggestion
seems good, although I have not tried using ntfsresize directly.
My only complaints with pointing to ntfsresize under FreeBSD is that:
1. It requires you to install FreeBSD first (not available on boot CD)
2. I was unable to find ntfsprogs or ntfsresize in the ports collection
Neither of these are catastrophes.
- Hal
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:14:54 +0200 (MEST)
From: Szakacsits Szabolcs <szaka@sienet.hu>
X-Sender: szaka@mlf.linux.rulez.org
To: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch@gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as
alternative
Hello Hal,
I've seen your bug report and suggestion but I don't have access to
comment it so I'm sending it to you. Please forward it to where you think
it's the most appropriate if it's worth.
Comments:
> FIPS does NOT currently work with NTFS style partitions
FIPS handles only FAT type partitions, I doubt it will ever handle
NTFS. NTFS is about 20 times more complex and totally different.
> QtParted is available
QTParted uses ntfsresize. ntfsresize is part of the ntfsprogs package.
The ntfsprogs package compiles and works on FreeBSD. So it is possible
to natively resize NTFS on FreeBSD for a while.
> in recent version of Knoppix, a version of Linux designed to run off
Knoppix has outdated softwares. A much better, frequently updated
alternative is SystemRescueCD at http://www.sysresccd.org
It has all the needed, most up-to-date tools and much more (e.g. latest
stable ntfsprogs, latest QTParted, etc).
> CD. QtParted also supports DOS partitions. You may need to run Disk
> Defragmenter under Microsoft
Ntfsresize since version 1.9.0 doesn't need defragmented NTFS. For example
SystemRescueCD has this version, Knoppix doesn't. More info (I'm the
author and maintainer of ntfsresize and the below page):
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html
Cheers,
Szaka
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