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Re: ntfs resize and gtk frontends



On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:22:13PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 06:52:50PM +0100, Fabri wrote:
> > Any plan on support ntfs resize in the new debian installer? 

> There has been some discussion in the parted mailing list about linking
> libparted with libntfs and provide advanced ntfs functionality.

> That said, it seems that libntfs doesn't provide resizing functionality,
> and that ntfs write support in the linux kernel is also a bit shaggy
> still, so i wouldn't count on it too much.

NTFS write support at the kernel level is not very well-tested, but
resizing partitions with the userspace tools is something that gets used
fairly frequently.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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