Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:57:48 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: Paul Colin Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>, doc@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: More than one NTFS resizer exists Message-ID: <1109509068.3928.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050227124816.GD3243@ryp76.name> References: <20050227124816.GD3243@ryp76.name>
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On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 13:48 +0100, Paul Colin Gloster wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 10:57:24AM +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > "On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 00:23 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > > Cool. I haven't used any of these tools, but if any of you have done so > > and feel like helping us improve the text of the Handbook with more > > accurate information, please do not hesitate to mail me with suggestions > > for fixing this in the Handbook. Preferably in the form of diffs, but > > plain short text snippets are ok too. > > > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention :-) > > > > - Giorgos > > Done. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78138. > > --Devon" > > Dear Devon H. รณ Dell, > > May I suggest also that some further advice for resizing NTFS with BootIt > NG? Marvellous a tool as it is for its varied functions, TeraByte > Unlimited seems to have a fixation with marketing it only as a boot > manager (whereas though it is much nicer than other boot managers, I > usually use none or something primitive such as GRUB or manually changing > the drives' boot order priorities in the BIOS): the only reason I > had bought BootIt NG is because it was by far the cheapest in place NTFS > resizer and I needed to install GNU/Linux onto a borrowed laptop which as > laptops commonly do, had only one harddisk and it had only one volume and > it was Microsoft Windows XP's NTFS. In addition to what is already on > WWW.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78138 I suggest replacing the following: > > "Both > <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resizing > NTFS partitions. NTFS is the filesystem used in &windows; NT > platforms, including the &windows; 2000, XP and 2003 operating > systems." > > with > > "Both > <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resizing > NTFS partitions. (If you do not wish to use the boot manager functionality of > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> then, choose "Cancel" when the > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> floppy asks "Setup<br>Welcome to setup. Click the OK > button to install BootIt NG to the hard drive" then you will be advised "Notice<br>You are now entering > maintenance mode. To leave, select resume from the edit menu." Running from the floppy (instead of from a hard > drive), choose Partition Work and follow the ordinary <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> directions > for resizing NTFS.) NTFS is the filesystem used in &windows; NT > platforms, including the &windows; 2000, XP and 2003 operating > systems." I don't think it is necessary to provide full usage instructions for their software. If a user purchases the software due to our mentioning it in the FreeBSD docs, they will most likely get adequate support from TeraByte. --Devonhelp
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