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List:       linux-ntfs-dev
Subject:    Re: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Bug#379628: ntfsresize: resizing a Vista NTFS
From:       "Gary L. Greene Jr." <greeneg () phoenuxos ! com>
Date:       2006-08-13 20:14:37
Message-ID: 200608131614.38437.greeneg () phoenuxos ! com
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On Sunday 13 August 2006 15:53, Frans Pop wrote:
> severity 379628 grave
> thanks
>
> Hello again,
>
> I'm afraid I have to upgrade this bug back to grave...
> I've further researched and tested the resize problem and I've come to the
> conclusion that there are two issues:
> 1) the change in the start partition by libparted, now detailed in
>    http://bugs.debian.org/380226;
> 2) some kind of corruption inside the NTFS partition, probably by
>    ntfsresize even if the 1st issue is avoided.
>
> I'll explain the 2nd issue in more detail below.
>
> I've reinstalled Windows Vista Beta 2 into a 20 GB partition (first
> partition of the disk), same as I did in my earlier attempts.
>
> I reinstalled grub to the MBR and afterwards checked that Vista still
> booted OK.
>
> Then I have resized the partition from an installed Debian unstable system
> (i.e. not from Debian Installer).
> - ntfsresize -i /dev/sda1
> - ntfsresize -s 9G /dev/sda1    # Shrink the partition to 9GB
> - ntfsresize -i -f /dev/sda1
> - Use fdisk in "sector" mode to resize the partition to ~10GB.
>   Old start/end sectors: 2048 - 40964095; type NTFS, boot flag set
>   New start/end sectors: 2048 - 20482047; type NTFS, boot flag set
> - Reboot the system to let Linux know the new partition table
> - ntfsresize -i -f /dev/sda1
> - ntfsresize -f /dev/sda1       # Grow the partition to the size of the
>                                 # physical partition (~ 10GB)
> - ntfsresize -i -f /dev/sda1
>
> All ntfsresize commands were completely successful.
>
> Next I tried to reboot into Vista:
> - The initial stage of the boot is OK: I get the first graphical screen
>   with a little endlessly moving "progress" bar and the copyright info
>   below it.
> - After a little while there is no disk activity anymore and the system
>   no longer responds to anything (not even ctrl-alt-del); the "progress"
>   bar keeps on moving though.
>
> After a cold reset, I boot Vista again and get the option to select "Safe
> mode with command prompt" (from which I conclude that Vista must have
> registered the previous attempt as failed):
> - I get a text screen with "Loading windows files" at the top as title
>   and "Please wait..." at the bottom as status.
> - I see a fair number of files being loaded, but at some point that just
>   stops and the system is frozen again. The last files that have been
>   loaded are:
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\Drivers\Mup.sys
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\drivers\ecache.sys
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\DRIVERS\fevol.sys
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\Drivers\disk.sys
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\drivers\CLASSPNP.sys
>      Loaded: \Windows\system32\drivers\crcdisk.sys
>
> Note the changing case of the "drivers" directory, but that could just be
> how they are listed somewhere.

The listed output from safe mode load isn't related at all, as the system uses 
entries in the registry to get that information, and since NTFS is case 
insensitive, some driver manufacturers list the reg entry to be in uppercase.

> I think that the problem in both boots is exactly the same. It is just
> that with the safe boot what happens is more visible.
>
> Cheers,
> Frans Pop

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