Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Using ntfsresize without booting from CD

[Szakacsits S. <sz...@si...>]

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Jonathan Wakely wrote:

> I've read the ntfsresize FAQ and am going to have a go at resizing my
> WinXP disk to make more space for linux. When describing manual resizing
> the FAQ says to boot from CD, using an installation CD or a live CD. If
> my linux system is on a separate disk (IDE /dev/hda) to the NTFS one
> (SATA /dev/sda?) can I just boot into linux normally and use ntfsresize
> from there, without having to put a statically-linked copy on a floppy?

Sure. The only thing that matters is that Linux must find your /dev/sda.  
ntfsresize will also detect if /dev/sda has NTFS on it or not.

Cheers,
	Szaka