Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:23:15 -0400 From: James Wagner <jwagner@hankgraff.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Documentation Mistake Message-ID: <4718E803.5080203@hankgraff.com>
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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
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