cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml

[Niclas Zeising]

Tom Rhodes wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 20:57:16 +0100
> Johann Kois <jkois at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:17 Tom Rhodes wrote:
>>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:50:55 +0100
>>>
>>> Johann Kois <jkois at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, 6 November 2006 16:08 Tom Rhodes wrote:
>>>>> trhodes     2006-11-06 15:08:18 UTC
>>>>>
>>>>>   FreeBSD doc repository
>>>>>
>>>>>   Modified files:
>>>>>     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml
>>>>>   Log:
>>>>>   Mention one commerical and one free application which may be
>>>>> used to resize NTFS partitions.
>>>>>
>>>>>   PR:     98941 and 71980
>>>>>
>>>>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>>>>   1.335     +2 -2
>>>>> doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml
>>>> Hm.  Not quite. ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Just a few lines below your change I can stil read the following:
>>>>
>>>> "... <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only one of
>>>> the above applications that can resize <acronym>NTFS</acronym>
>>>> partitions.</para> ... "
>>> See, "grep" isn't perfect ... err, my grep strings aren't, or
>>> something.  Thanks!
>> I am afraid today is my "nitpicking day" ...  ;-)
>>
>> But now this paragraph tells us that all these tools (including
>> Partition Magic) can only resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions
>> and doesn't mention NTFS partitions at all.
>>
>> So maybe we should change the last sentence in this paragraph into
>> something like this:
>>
>> ... All these tools can resize FAT16 and FAT32 partitions used in
>> MS-DOS through Windows ME.  Additionally GParted and Partition
>> Magic are able to resize NTFS partions (used in Windows NT through
>> Windows 2000/XP/Vista) too...
> 
> See, I don't like this.  Mainly I recall a magazine discussing a
> "WinFS" to replace NTFS in Vista.  Has it happened?  I don't know,
> honestly.  In fact, I don't want to say that Partition Magic will
> work this way, my testing has only shown Partition Magic to resize
> Windows NT 3, 4, and 2K.  I have not been able to test it on XP
> (girlfriend won't let me), or Vista.  So there is a fear of me
> listing NTFS with confidence, yet, my version is at least three
> years old.
> 
> I'll come up with something or other ... does it work on
> OS/2? ;)
> 

Shouldn't you be able to get what Partition Magic supports from 
Symantec's website? 
http://www.powerquest.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=sp&pvid=pm80

They state that Windows NT, 98, Me is supported, along with 2000 and XP, 
so I assume that it is able to resize NTFS partitions on at least NT, 
2000 and XP.

Regards!
//Niclas