[KLUG Members] Fips and NTFS file system

[Thera]

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 16:24, Paul VandenBosch wrote:

 >...
 > using FIPS to repartition the hard drive.
 >
 > But in the first paragraph it says "If you are using NTFS partitions, 
 > FIPS will not work."
 >
 > I would like to add RH to a Windows NTFS pc by repartitioning.  Is > 
 > > this possible?  Other ways to get the job done?


Well, I'd be inclined to take Bruce's suggestion and double-check on 
FIPS. I've also heard good reports of the program Wesley mentioned.

As another alternative, you might want to look into Ranish Partition 
Manager.  http://www.ranish.com/part/

 From their website, it looks like it can handle resizing NTFS

"Ranish Partition Manager is a boot manager and hard disk partitioner.
It gives users high level of control for running multiple operating 
systems, such as Windows 98/NT/XP, Linux, FreeDOS, and FreeBSD on a 
single disk.
The latest version could create, copy, move, and resize up to 32 primary 
and extended partitions."

I will soon be using a boot manager called XOSL http://www.xosl.org/
to build a dual-boot (BSD and Debian) system on "Shallow Blue" (my SMP 
233Mhz IBM box) but XOSL can also handle NTFS.

These will be fresh installs so I won't be resizing, but you can run 
Ranish Partition Manager from XOSL, without first booting an OS.
(I believe it's included as an option with XOSL)


Beast Regards,
Thera