Hi,
Here is the promised summary. So far, it looks promising :)
Success: 0
Failure: 0
I've also asked help now on the ntfsresize faq page. 5000-7000 visitors a
week. Let's see if they can help, I'll let you know.
Szaka
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote:
> Linux had no problem with Vista Beta NTFS support in the past but there is
> indication that this may have changed with the latest Vista Beta releases.
>
> I would like to ask people's help to confirm or refute this situation.
>
> Please, anybody who has the possibility, follow the below instructions and
> let us know if Vista can or can not boot:
>
> 1. Install the __latest__ Vista Beta.
>
> 2. Boot Linux or a LiveCD with ntfsresize included (most have and all
> ntfsresize versions must support the latest Vista Beta).
>
> 3. Run the below command:
>
> ntfsresize -i <vista_partition>
>
> The "Current volume size:" field will show the NTFS size in bytes
> and in MB, which is needed for the next step.
>
> 4. Make NTFS size maximum 1 MB smaller:
>
> ntfsresize -s <new_size> <vista_partition>
>
> after which you should see a message like:
>
> "NTFS had been successfully resized on device <vista_partition>"
>
> 5. Reboot into Vista. You must see the scheduled chkdsk running after
> which Vista should either continue booting fine (data partition) or
> automatically initiate a reboot of the computer (system partition).
>
> Please also ask your friends, co-workers and communities to test this if
> they have the possibility. The community's help is very much needed now!
>
> I'll post a summary of the feedbacks here and to all participants regularly
> until we have a definite conclusion.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Szaka
>
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