>  Last I checked (during the last InstallFest), parted can't resize NTFS 
> partitions.  In the end I bought some partition resizer (I forget the 
> name, but it wasn't PM) online, and let the person I was helping use it 
> for the duration of the install.

You didn't say NTFS you were talking about ext2. True, nothing open 
source does NTFS (well) yet, but in that respect Microsoft can go suck 
on a large wang.