[PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software isknown to be able to resize NTFS...

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

The following reply was made to PR docs/71980; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk at daleco.biz>
To: Joonatan Kaartinen <j.kaartinen at pp.inet.fi>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: [PATCH] Re: docs/71980: Handbook says that no other software is known
 to be able to resize NTFS...
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:11:42 -0600

 Joonatan Kaartinen wrote:
 
 >>Number:         71980
 >>Category:       docs
 >>Synopsis:       Handbook says that no other software is known to be able to resize NTFS...
 >>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:   Tue Sep 21 17:10:25 GMT 2004
 >>Closed-Date:
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Joonatan Kaartinen
 >>Release:        N/A
 >>Organization:
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 >>Environment:
 >>Description:
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 >>
 >There is a line in handbook that says:
 >"PartitionMagic is the only known application that can resize NTFS."
 >
 >This is no longer accurate. There is an utility available from http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ called 
 >ntfsresize that can also resize NTFS partitions. It's included by default in Linux live-cd called 
 >Knoppix. Also present in Debian in package ntfsprogs.
 >
 >I have used the utility a couple of times. No problems so far.
 >
 >I have no idea how portable the utilities are, though.
 >  
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
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 >>Fix:
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 >>Release-Note:
 >>Audit-Trail:
 >>Unformatted:
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 >>
 
 I don't know if it's in the Handbook's best interest to include every
 disk utility that can do this, although I personally wouldn't mind
 a "short list", and the list might be pretty short.
 
   However, that really isn't my call; here's a patch that
 at least makes the handbook a little less of a "liar".  If it's
 OK with some docteam "seniors" <??>, maybe we can close
 this PR soon?
 
 Thanks, Joonatan!
 
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 --- chapter.sgml        Fri Nov 19 17:19:42 2004
 +++ chapter.edit.sgml   Mon Nov 22 16:03:31 2004
 @@ -281,8 +281,8 @@
         <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>
 +       <application>&partitionmagic;</application> is the only one of
 +       the applications discussed above that can resize 
 <acronym>NTFS</acronym>.</para>
  
        <warning>
         <para>Incorrect use of these tools can delete the data on your disk.
        
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