Partitioning tool ?

Ben Edwards funkytwig at gmail.com
Wed Dec 8 13:05:07 UTC 2004


dour the Ubuntu live CD not have gparted on it.  Mepis also has a
gparted I think - if it is the one that can shrink windows partisions.

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 02:05:35 +1100, Robert Parker <bposs at dodo.com.au> wrote:
> On Monday 06 December 2004 01:34, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > > If you're working on a PC, keep a knoppix CD handy.  It has gparted
> > > on it.  Boot from it whenever you have partitioning to do.
> > >
> > > (That's what I do, anyway...)
> > >
> > > ...ROMeyn
> >
> > Thanks :o) But isn't 'K'noppix for KDE ? Isn't there a 'G'noppix thing ?
> > That would make more sense to run GParted on a Gnome distro...
> > I will try and download Gnoppix ISO :o)
> 
> Not really, this is not a religion. What makes most sense is what you can get
> to work. cfdisk will do the job if you take a little care. That's not saying
> gparted on Knoppix won't do the job I simply don't know because I find cfdisk
> both reliable and easy so my experience is with that.
> 
> Bob
> 
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