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Mention tools (specifically ntfsresize, QTPartd, and SystemRescueCD)

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that can be used for resizing NTFS partitions (to make room for
FreeBSD).

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Submitted by:	Hal Burch, Szakacsits Szabolcs
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</question>
<answer>
<para>If your machine is already running DOS and has little
or no free space available for &os;'s installation, all is
not lost! You may find the <application>FIPS</application>
or no free space available for &os;'s installation, there
are several alternatives for resizing existing partitions so
that you can install &os;.</para>
<para>The <application>FIPS</application>
utility, provided in the <filename>tools/</filename>
subdirectory on the &os; CDROM or on the various &os; ftp
sites, to be quite useful.</para>
<para><application>FIPS</application> allows you to split an
sites, can resize an existing FAT partition. It allows you to split an
existing DOS partition into two pieces, preserving the
original partition and allowing you to install onto the
second free piece. You first <quote>defrag</quote> your DOS
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simply delete the extra DOS Primary partition (making sure
it's the right one by examining its size).</para>
<para><application>FIPS</application> does NOT currently
work with NTFS style partitions. To split up such a
partition, you will need a commercial product such as
<application>Partition Magic</application>. Sorry, but this
is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging
your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from
scratch.</para>
<para><application>FIPS</application> does not work on
extended DOS partitions. Windows 95/98/ME FAT32 primary
partitions are supported.</para>
<para>For systems with NTFS partitions, a different tool,
such as <application>ntfsresize</application> or the
commercially-available <application>Partition
Magic</application>, is
required. <application>ntfsresize</application>, as well as
the <application>QTParted</application> graphical interface
for partition resizing, is available on a number of Live CD
Linux distributions, such as
<ulink url="http://www.sysresccd.org/">SystemRescueCD</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>