[ale] Linux Kubuntu install

[James P. Kinney III]

On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 17:54 -0500, Brian Pitts wrote:
> If this is the explanation, then you found a bug in ntfsresize.
> 
> "Defragmentation is NOT required prior to resizing because the program 
> can relocate any data if needed, without risking data integrity."

Hogwash. Defrag first then ntfsresize. Otherwise it will report no space
to work with. As much a I find winders to be a total waste of time, some
things are worth using the native tools in - like defrag. 

Keep in mind that ntfs write tools are barely beta quality. Not because
of poor code on not finished code but due to fs changes by Microsoft on
nearly every update run.
> 
> http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ntfsresize.8.html
> 
> -Brian
> 
> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
> >
> > >> the grief.  As a guess, I'd say his system hadn't been defragmented, 
> > or I
> > >> should say adequately defragmented.  It sounds, too, that he's used more
> > >> harddrive space in the past than he was using at the time you tried to
> > >> install.  That unfortunately means that active files could easily have
> > >been
> > >> in the space to which the new partition was going, including updated
> > >system
> > >> files.  My educated guess is that's what happened to your son's 
> > computer.
> > >
> >
> 
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