On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 03:05:15PM -0700, Dustin Harriman wrote: > > > > No. However I think there are some efforts to add to parted support to > > resize ntfs by external library (as this is done with reiserfs). > > It seems quite unlikely that ntfs resizing will get into GNU parted > anytime soon. The GNU parted mailing list shows very little actvity in > this regard over the last year or even years. So "ntfstools" (the command > line programs) and "libntfs5" (the library) seem much more > realistic/quicker routes to get NTFS resizing into d-i.
But only because nobody got ahead and implemented it. Ideally both the ext2/3 and ntfs support should be modified in libparted to use the corresponding libraries. > A few interesting points I thought I'd share after some investigation: > > I also see that d-i includes many .deb files that are not in .udeb format. > In the interests of expediating a "killer feature" (IMHO) into Debian > Sarge, is it feasible the just include a "non-udeb" ntfstools package in > d-i, and make simple system calls to ntfsresize from partman? Nope, since those .deb are only installed once you have finished partitioning. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
