parted > gparted ?

[Karl Larsen]

SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 01:32 +0100, Gerald Dachs wrote:
>   
>> Am Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:33:22 +0800
>> schrieb SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux <i-ubux at synass.net>:
>>
>>     
>>> Why parted ?
>>> Why NOT GParted ??
>>>       
>> Why not fdisk and dd?
>>
>> Gerald
>>     
>
> Hi Gerald
> I assume you are much more experienced than me !!! ;-)
> So, why asking a counter question ??? ;-(
>
> I am sure, not only me, as newbie, had appreciated your 
> more detailed experience and reason/s why YOU name FDISK and DD !?
>
> I would love to hear your arguments and reasons and learn from you. ;-)
>
> Well, I can tell you one of my reason:
> I am not UN-familiar with command lines !
> A GUI indeed, especially as newbie, is a good help to see and learn !!
>
> I am sure: 
> With FDISK and DD my mess had ended in a real disaster last
> weekend !!! ;-((
>
> Cheers, svobi
>
>
>   
    Guys you can create a real mess if you use fdisk and dd without 
first reading how they work. And then experiment with them. I am writing 
rather slowly a paper on using these tools and exactly how to use them. 
It is long and I plan to put it on my web page when it is complete. As 
for parted and gparted which are exactly the same they both will not 
work with ext3 file systems. I tried both and got the same result.


Karl


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