Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 13:57:48 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: Paul Colin Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>, doc@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: More than one NTFS resizer exists Message-ID: <1109509068.3928.33.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20050227124816.GD3243@ryp76.name> References: <20050227124816.GD3243@ryp76.name>
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On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 13:48 +0100, Paul Colin Gloster wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 10:57:24AM +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > "On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 00:23 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >=20 > > Cool. I haven't used any of these tools, but if any of you have done s= o > > and feel like helping us improve the text of the Handbook with more > > accurate information, please do not hesitate to mail me with suggestion= s > > for fixing this in the Handbook. Preferably in the form of diffs, but > > plain short text snippets are ok too. > >=20 > > Thanks for bringing this to our attention :-) > >=20 > > - Giorgos >=20 > Done. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D78138.=20 >=20 > --Devon" >=20 > Dear Devon H. =C3=B3 Dell, >=20 > May I suggest also that some further advice for resizing NTFS with BootIt= =20 > NG? Marvellous a tool as it is for its varied functions, TeraByte=20 > Unlimited seems to have a fixation with marketing it only as a boot=20 > manager (whereas though it is much nicer than other boot managers, I=20 > usually use none or something primitive such as GRUB or manually changing= =20 > the drives' boot order priorities in the BIOS): the only reason I=20 > had bought BootIt NG is because it was by far the cheapest in place NTFS > resizer and I needed to install GNU/Linux onto a borrowed laptop which as= =20 > laptops commonly do, had only one harddisk and it had only one volume and= =20 > it was Microsoft Windows XP's NTFS. In addition to what is already on > WWW.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D78138 I suggest replacing the follo= wing: >=20 > "Both > <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resiz= ing > NTFS partitions. NTFS is the filesystem used in &windows; NT > platforms, including the &windows; 2000, XP and 2003 operating > systems." >=20 > with >=20 > "Both > <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resiz= ing > NTFS partitions. (If you do not wish to use the boot manager func= tionality of > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> then, choose "Ca= ncel" when the > <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> floppy asks "Set= up<br>Welcome to setup. Click the OK=20 > button to install BootIt NG to the hard drive" then you will be advi= sed "Notice<br>You are now entering=20 > maintenance mode. To leave, select resume from the edit menu." Runni= ng from the floppy (instead of from a hard=20 > drive), choose Partition Work and follow the ordinary <application>&booti= t; Next Generation</application> directions=20 > for resizing NTFS.) NTFS is the filesystem used in &windows; NT > platforms, including the &windows; 2000, XP and 2003 operating > systems." I don't think it is necessary to provide full usage instructions for their software. If a user purchases the software due to our mentioning it in the FreeBSD docs, they will most likely get adequate support from TeraByte.=20 --Devon
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