More than one NTFS resizer exists

[Devon H. O'Dell]

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:
> > 
> > Cool.  I haven't used any of these tools, but if any of you have done so
> > and feel like helping us improve the text of the Handbook with more
> > accurate information, please do not hesitate to mail me with suggestions
> > for fixing this in the Handbook.  Preferably in the form of diffs, but
> > plain short text snippets are ok too.
> > 
> > Thanks for bringing this to our attention :-)
> > 
> > - Giorgos
> 
> Done. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78138. 
> 
> --Devon"
> 
> Dear Devon H. ó Dell,
> 
> May I suggest also that some further advice for resizing NTFS with BootIt 
> NG? Marvellous a tool as it is for its varied functions, TeraByte 
> Unlimited seems to have a fixation with marketing it only as a boot 
> manager (whereas though it is much nicer than other boot managers, I 
> usually use none or something primitive such as GRUB or manually changing 
> the drives' boot order priorities in the BIOS): the only reason I 
> 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 
> laptops commonly do, had only one harddisk and it had only one volume and 
> it was Microsoft Windows XP's NTFS. In addition to what is already on
> WWW.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=78138 I suggest replacing the following:
> 
> "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."
> 
> with
> 
> "Both
>         <application>&partitionmagic;</application> and
>         <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> support resizing
>         NTFS partitions. (If you do not wish to use the boot manager functionality of
> <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> then, choose "Cancel" when the
> <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> floppy asks "Setup<br>Welcome to setup. Click the OK 
> button to install BootIt NG to the hard drive" then you will be advised "Notice<br>You are now entering 
> maintenance mode. To leave, select resume from the edit menu." Running from the floppy (instead of from a hard 
> drive), choose Partition Work and follow the ordinary <application>&bootit; Next Generation</application> directions 
> 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. 

--Devon