[CALUG] Linux Friendly Laptops

[Bob Overberg]

There's an excellent FAQ on NTFS Resize (complete with the minimum
ntfsresize version number you want to use and how that maps to 
various distributions) 
http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html

I used a KNOPPIX Live CD and successfully resized an NTFS partition a
few weeks ago. I used the Win2k defrag tool before shutting down and
booting Knoppix. The few "unmovable" sectors in the middle of the 
partition must have been session-allocated swap, because Knoppix 
(running GUI front-end QTParted) had no problem shrinking the NTFS
partition well beyond their location in the middle of the disk. 

After QTParted was done and committed to disk, I rebooted Win2k. 
It complained about needing to fsck, but beyond that, there were 
absolutely no problems upon subsequent reboots. 

hope this helps. 

Bob O. 



On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 22:48 -0500, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> You may also be able to run without a swap file, 
> delete the "pagefile.sys", and defrag it better in the susequent
> reboot.
> 
> But what you REALLY want is Partition Magic, which will resize your 
> partitions for you. It also comes with Boot Magic, which you can use
> as 
> a boot manager for everything else.
> 
> I have heard that the Linux "parted" command will resize NTFS
> partitions 
> as well.
>