Re: ntfs resize and gtk frontends
On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 01:37:31PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:33:42PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 01:29:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > 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.
>
> > So, there is NTFS resizing user space tool ? Anything that is packaged
> > in debian and we can use in d-i ?
>
> Yes, it's the tool named "ntfsresize" that the original poster was
> referring to, and it's found in the ntfstools package.
But is not in any way related to the libntfs library ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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