cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml

[Tom Rhodes]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:57:16 +0100
Johann Kois <jkois at freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:17 Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:50:55 +0100
> >
> > Johann Kois <jkois at freebsd.org> 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:
> > >
> > > "... <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only one of
> > > the above applications that can resize <acronym>NTFS</acronym>
> > > partitions.</para> ... "
> >
> > 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? ;)

-- 
Tom Rhodes