[clug] ntfsresize: Road Report.

[dave]

Yep, ntfsresize is great.
Theres an easier way to doing it all by hand though...
If you can boot knoppix, I recommend "qtparted".
It's a gui which lets you use a slider to resize your ntfs partition and
create free space. It will show you how much you can shrink it by.
When you commit your changes, it will use ntfsresize to shrink the 
fs, then fix up the partition table for you as well.

Dave

On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 07:28:42PM +1000, Stephen Jenkin wrote:
> Links:
> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/
> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/rpm/index.html - NTFS kernel RPMS
> http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html - ntfsTools download
> 
> I started poking around for something to reclaim space on the 20Gb drive
> on my 'new' system that'd been built with a single Win-XP partition :-(
> 
> Quickly found 'ntfsresize', part of the NTFS tools, and after an hour I'm
> done and dusted... Just works - a real joy.
> A warning though: You *must* have a non-hard disk way to boot you system
> to repair a damaged MBR or partition table.  Knoppix is good.
> 
> 'Cause I'm already running linux on the system, I took their 'hard route'
> - using command line, not using a bundled ISO.
> The instructions are clear & simple. I did stuff up - because I didn't
> read them closely enough [loaded wrong version of kernel module RPM].
> 
> Resizing the 20Gb partition to 8Gb.
> ===================================================================
> Assumes you have linux running on the system.
> Is done in two passes: resize partition, then change disk partition table.
> 
> FAQ: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html
> download: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/downloads.html
> 
> Caveat:  Various 'fdisk' programs can reduce the number of blocks actually
> assigned. Read the FAQ closely.  
> 
> + Get ntfsprogs pkg that works for you.
>     ntfsprogs-1.11.0-1.i586.rpm worked for me with FC3.
> + check rpm & install: rpm -ihv ntfsprogs-1.11.0-1.i586.rpm
> + Look at what you've got: 
>    fdisk -l /dev/hda => showed one big partition in hda1
> + Check things work initially
>    ntfsresize --info /dev/hda1 => checks the ntfs partition
> + Do a dummy run
>    ntfsresize --no-action --size 8000M /dev/hda1
> + Do it for real...
>    ntfsresize --size 8000M /dev/hda1
> + check it looks OK still:
>    ntfsresize --info --force /dev/hda1
> + save partition table
>    sfdisk -d /dev/hda > hda.pt              # saves the partition table   
>    dd if=/dev/hda of=hda.mbr bs=512 count=1 # saves the MBR
> + change the partition table
>    fdisk /dev/hda [delete & recreate the partition to 8000M]
> + reboot
>    Windows will 'chkdsk' the partition and do a couple of reboots...
> 
> For read-only mounting of an NTFS partition: 
> ============================================
> FAQ at: http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net/info/ntfs.html
> 
> [Sorry RH/Fedora RPM's only. Some 'contribs' for PPC & Linuxant]
> + Download the RIGHT kernel module.
>   'uname -r'
> + check the rpm downloaded & install it...
>   'rpm -ihv kernel-module-ntfs-....'
> + '/sbin/modprobe ntfs'
> + 'dmesg | grep -i ntfs' or 'grep -i ntfs /var/log/messages'
> + 'cat /proc/filesystems' -> look for ntfs
> + 'fdisk -l' -> look for NTFS partition
> + 'mkdir /mnt/windows'; 'mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows -t ntfs -r'
> 
> Hope this is of value/interest to someone out there.
> 
> cheers
> steve
> 
> Steve Jenkin, Unix Sys Admin
> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
> 
> sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://www.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
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