misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as

[Hal Burch]

The following reply was made to PR misc/65477; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch at gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Cc: Szakacsits Szabolcs <szaka at sienet.hu>
Subject: Re: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:12:02 -0400

 Szakacsits Szabolcs suggests referring to ntfsresize instead of QtParted
 under Knoppix, since ntfsresize runs under FreeBSD.  His suggestion
 seems good, although I have not tried using ntfsresize directly.
 
 My only complaints with pointing to ntfsresize under FreeBSD is that:
    1. It requires you to install FreeBSD first (not available on boot CD)
    2. I was unable to find ntfsprogs or ntfsresize in the ports collection
 Neither of these are catastrophes.
 
  - Hal
 
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 Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:14:54 +0200 (MEST)
 From: Szakacsits Szabolcs <szaka at sienet.hu>
 X-Sender: szaka at mlf.linux.rulez.org
 To: Hal Burch <Hal_Burch at gs10.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
 Subject: Re: misc/65477: Installation Instruction fail to mention Knoppix as
  alternative
 
 
 Hello Hal,
 
 I've seen your bug report and suggestion but I don't have access to
 comment it so I'm sending it to you. Please forward it to where you think
 it's the most appropriate if it's worth.
 
 Comments:
 
 > FIPS does NOT currently work with NTFS style partitions
 
 FIPS handles only FAT type partitions, I doubt it will ever handle
 NTFS. NTFS is about 20 times more complex and totally different.
 
 > QtParted is available 
 
 QTParted uses ntfsresize. ntfsresize is part of the ntfsprogs package.
 The ntfsprogs package compiles and works on FreeBSD. So it is possible 
 to natively resize NTFS on FreeBSD for a while.
 
 > in recent version of Knoppix, a version of Linux designed to run off
 
 Knoppix has outdated softwares. A much better, frequently updated 
 alternative is SystemRescueCD at http://www.sysresccd.org
 
 It has all the needed, most up-to-date tools and much more (e.g. latest
 stable ntfsprogs, latest QTParted, etc).
 
 > CD.  QtParted also supports DOS partitions. You may need to run Disk
 > Defragmenter under Microsoft
 
 Ntfsresize since version 1.9.0 doesn't need defragmented NTFS. For example
 SystemRescueCD has this version, Knoppix doesn't. More info (I'm the
 author and maintainer of ntfsresize and the below page):
 
 	http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html
 
 Cheers,
 	Szaka
 
 
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