[multiboot-guide] master: suggested adding a bit of padding when resizing partitions (6f78650)

immanetize at fedoraproject.org immanetize at fedoraproject.org
Fri Feb 14 06:18:20 UTC 2014


Repository : http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/docs/multiboot-guide.git

On branch  : master

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commit 6f786506ae78f7d2bc27ffe60df4bdaa4ce1c8f3
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Thu Feb 13 23:18:05 2014 -0700

    suggested adding a bit of padding when resizing partitions


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 en-US/Free_Space.xml |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en-US/Free_Space.xml b/en-US/Free_Space.xml
index 29220c7..5d93658 100644
--- a/en-US/Free_Space.xml
+++ b/en-US/Free_Space.xml
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ NTFS partition /dev/sda5 was processed successfully.
                     </mathphrase>
                   </equation>
                 </para>
+                <para>
+                  Adding onto the end sector value costs little free space and provides a margin of error. Consider padding the end of your partition for best results.
+                </para>
               </listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
           </para>
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ NTFS partition /dev/sda5 was processed successfully.
 
         <step>
           <para>
-            The <systemitem class="filesystem">ntfs</systemitem> filesystems on the <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. Using the <literal>s</literal> after the number ensures <command>parted</command> uses sectors as the unit.
+            Use parted to resize the <systemitem class="filesystem">ntfs</systemitem> filesystem on <filename>/dev/sda</filename>. Using the <literal>s</literal> after the number ensures <command>parted</command> uses sectors as the unit.
             <screen>
  <command># parted /dev/sda</command>
 GNU Parted 3.1



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