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

[Tom Rhodes]

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:26:06 +0100
Niclas Zeising <lothrandil at n00b.apagnu.se> wrote:

> Tom Rhodes wrote:
> > 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? ;)
> > 
> 
> 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