[PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software isknown to be able to resize NTFS...
Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
kdk at daleco.biz
Mon Nov 22 22:20:33 UTC 2004
The following reply was made to PR docs/71980; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
To: Joonatan Kaartinen <j.kaartinen at pp.inet.fi>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: [PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software is known
to be able to resize NTFS...
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:11:42 -0600
Joonatan Kaartinen wrote:
>>Number: 71980
>>Category: docs
>>Synopsis: Handbook says that no other software is known to be able to resize NTFS...
>>Confidential: no
>>Severity: non-critical
>>Priority: low
>>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>>State: open
>>Quarter:
>>Keywords:
>>Date-Required:
>>Class: doc-bug
>>Submitter-Id: current-users
>>Arrival-Date: Tue Sep 21 17:10:25 GMT 2004
>>Closed-Date:
>>Last-Modified:
>>Originator: Joonatan Kaartinen
>>Release: N/A
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>>Description:
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>There is a line in handbook that says:
>"PartitionMagic is the only known application that can resize NTFS."
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>This is no longer accurate. There is an utility available from http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ called
>ntfsresize that can also resize NTFS partitions. It's included by default in Linux live-cd called
>Knoppix. Also present in Debian in package ntfsprogs.
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>I have used the utility a couple of times. No problems so far.
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>I have no idea how portable the utilities are, though.
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I don't know if it's in the Handbook's best interest to include every
disk utility that can do this, although I personally wouldn't mind
a "short list", and the list might be pretty short.
However, that really isn't my call; here's a patch that
at least makes the handbook a little less of a "liar". If it's
OK with some docteam "seniors" <??>, maybe we can close
this PR soon?
Thanks, Joonatan!
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--- chapter.sgml Fri Nov 19 17:19:42 2004
+++ chapter.edit.sgml Mon Nov 22 16:03:31 2004
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
<application>&partitionmagic;</application> can resize
<acronym>FAT16</acronym> and <acronym>FAT32</acronym>
partitions — used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME.
- <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only known
- application that can resize <acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para>
+ <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only one of
+ the applications discussed above that can resize
<acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para>
<warning>
<para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk.
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