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From: Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...> - 2003-03-30 13:37:31
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On 25 Mar 2003, Jeremy Jackson wrote: > I'd like to mention that EVMS combines the FS resize and partition > resize, and has CLI, text, and GUI user interface. It would be nice to > have an NTFS module (and an FAT/FAT32 one) as this would make a real Thanks, EVMS is very nice however I think the user base of EVMS and those potentially 250+ million who might need NTFS resizing now (people want to try out/migrate to Linux or setup a dual boot machine) are pretty distinct. The EVMS would be an overkill for the later one, what they need is what Mandrake did recently: select "Use unused space on Windwos to install Linux" then click, use a slidebar to choose the new size, click, that's all. Maybe even this is too annoying/confusing for them. Well, actually it is. > nice swiss army knife for installers to use, since it already supports > ext2/3, reiser, swap, xfs. I'm not aware any installer would use EVMS, maximum supports it. But FAT is a "requirement" since the last 10+ years, just like NTFS became in the recent years. QTParted also integrated ntfsresize and I've heard rumors it might be included in some distros running from CD or otherwise and/or Mandrake's DiskDrake. Of course I don't exclude your suggestion will make much more sense in the future but at present I see it a very low priority and there are a lot much more important ones. Thanks, Szaka |
