Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 15:40:05 GMT From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/78138: Error in pre-installation section of installation chapter Message-ID: <200503181540.j2IFe5we070602@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/78138; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> To: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@offmyserver.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/78138: Error in pre-installation section of installation chapter Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 07:56:11 -0800 Hi Devon, this is good information but I'd like to describe a more FreeBSD friendly way of doing this. Can we provide ntfsresize on a FreeBSD live CD? - Murray On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 10:34:04AM +0100, Devon H. O'Dell wrote: > > >Number: 78138 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: Error in pre-installation section of installation chapter > >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: Sun Feb 27 09:40:00 GMT 2005 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Devon H. O'Dell > >Release: N/A > >Organization: > Offmyserver > >Environment: > N/A > > >Description: > The handbook erroneously states that Partition Magic is the only > known tool that can resize NTFS partitions. Since the time of that > writing, several free and commercial tools have been developed that > also support resizing NTFS partitions. > > This PR may be a duplicate of docs/71980, but I believe this patch > better addresses the issue at hand. > > >How-To-Repeat: > N/A > >Fix: > The following patch should fix this problem. I was unsure how to > format ``Linux'' in the ``Linux LiveCD'' text where I mention > Knoppix, so that may need to be changed. I'm also not sure if the > links are proper. This patch should be carefully scrutinized :). > > This patch also mentions the commercial BootIT NG utility that > was reported by Paul Colin Gloster <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>. > > --- share/sgml/trademarks.ent.old Sat Feb 19 15:51:27 2005 > +++ share/sgml/trademarks.ent Sun Feb 27 09:20:27 2005 > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ > > Please keep this file sorted. > > - $FreeBSD: doc/share/sgml/trademarks.ent,v 1.26 2005/02/19 15:51:27 simon Exp $ > + $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/dcvs/doc/share/sgml/trademarks.ent,v 1.26 2005/02/19 15:51:27 simon Exp $ > --> > > <!ENTITY tm-attrib.3com "<para>3Com and HomeConnect are registered > @@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ > <!ENTITY tm-attrib.broadcom "<para>Broadcom is a registered trademark > of Broadcom Corporation and/or its subsidiaries.</para>"> > <!ENTITY broadcom "<trademark class='registered'>Broadcom</trademark>"> > + > +<!-- http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.pdf --> > +<!ENTITY tm-attrib.bootit "<para>BootIt, BootNow, and BurnCDCC are > + trademarks of TeraByte Unlimited</para>"> > +<!ENTITY bootit "<trademark>BootIt</trademark>"> > > <!-- http://www.checkpoint.com/copyright.html --> > <!ENTITY tm-attrib.check-point "<para>Check Point, Firewall-1, and > --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml.old Sun Feb 13 10:24:08 2005 > +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml Sun Feb 27 09:20:07 2005 > @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ > <!-- > The FreeBSD Documentation Project > > - $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.319 2005/02/13 10:24:08 simon Exp $ > + $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml,v 1.319 2005/02/13 10:24:08 simon Exp $ > --> > > <chapter id="install"> > @@ -269,20 +269,42 @@ > want a graphical user interface. If you intend to install a lot of > third party software as well, then you will need more space.</para> > > - <para>You can use a commercial tool such as <application>&partitionmagic;</application> > - to resize your partitions to make space for > - FreeBSD. The <filename>tools</filename> directory on the CDROM > - contains two free software tools which can carry out this task, namely > - <application>FIPS</application> and > - <application>PResizer</application>. Documentation for both > - of these is available in the same directory. > - <application>FIPS</application>, > - <application>PResizer</application>, and > - <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> > + <para>Several free and commercial tools are available for resizing and > + managing partitions. The <filename>tools</filename> directory on the > + CDROM contains two free software tools which can carry out this task: > + <application>FIPS</application> and <application>PResizer</application>. > + These tools can resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions, the filesystems > + used in &ms-dos; through &windows; ME. Documentation for using both of > + these tools exists in the same directory as the tools themselves.</para> > + > + <para>Like <application>FIPS</application> and > + <application>PResizer<application>, commercial tools such as > + <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > + <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> are available > + for the same task. These and other similar commercial tools generally > + support resizing a greater range of partition types than the > + aforementioned free tools. Both > + <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and > + <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resizing > + NTFS partitions. NTFS is the filesystem used in &windows; NT > + platforms, including the &windows; 2000, XP and 2003 operating > + systems.</para> > + > + <para>Recently, several free alternatives to these commercial tools have > + been developed. Tools such as <application>ntfsresize</application> > + exist and are well capable of resizing NTFS partitions. > + <application>QTParted</application>, a > + <application>&partitionmagic;</application> clone, provides a friendly > + user interface useful for resizing many different partition types. > + <application>QTParted</application> supports resizing NTFS partitions > + through the <application>ntfsresize</application> utility. > + <application>QTParted</application> and > + <application>ntfsresize</application> are available to download at > + <ulink url="http://qtparted.sourceforge.net"></ulink>; and > + <ulink > + url="http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html"></ulink>, > + respectively. The <ulink url="http://www.knoppix.org">Knoppix</ulink>; > + Linux LiveCD is a bootable CD that includes QTParted.</para> > > <warning> > <para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk. > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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