From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 17:32:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0264D16A41B for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:32:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwagner@hankgraff.com) Received: from php6.eesc.com (mail.hankgraff.com [139.171.88.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06FD13C44B for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jwagner@hankgraff.com) Received: from [207.185.212.87] ([12.173.223.221]) by php6.eesc.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l9JHNNPL013809 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:23:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4718E803.5080203@hankgraff.com> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:23:15 -0400 From: James Wagner User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Documentation Mistake X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:32:33 -0000 Hello I'm currently browsing through the documentation for FreeBSD because I'm considering using it for a file/samba/e-mail server. I find it interesting, but did find one thing in the documentation that is just plain wrong. In the installation notes for the x86 platform at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/installation-i386.html there's the following quote: "*FIPS* does NOT currently work with NTFS style partitions. To split up such a partition, you will need a commercial product such as *Partition Magic*. Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from scratch." I've used a small (~50 meg) Linux LiveCD called gParted many times to split NTFS partitions. I've never had a problem using it, it has a nice pretty graphical interface, and it's 100% free to download and use. The LiveCD page is at http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php in case you want to try it or add a link to it in your install guide. (I have no affiliation with this project other than loving it when I need to use it.) Jim