Quoting Pablo Manalastas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> That's precisely the problem. Ntfsresize only adjusts the size
> of the filesystem (in our case, made it smaller from 40G to 20G)
> but does not touch the partition itself. We specify relative
> size to ntfsresize, not absolute starting and ending cylinder
> numbers. So, coming from ntfsresize, when we go and use fdisk
> to actually resize the partition (delete and build two new smaller
> partitions over the old one), we only know relative sizes. My
> question is how to map the relative size of +20G (where G is in
> ntfsresize units of G=10^9) to the fdisk relative size of +?G
> Is this +20(10^9/(2^30)G = +18.6265G? (or its equivalent in absolute
> cylinder number)?
You know, if you use ntfsresize via the QtParted front-end (or the
DiskDrake one), it takes care of all these things for you,
transparently. (I haven't used those, lacking any NTFS partitions, but
have read about them.)
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