parted > gparted ?

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 23:20 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> >  >
> >  > I am sure, not only me, as newbie, had appreciated your
> >  > more detailed experience and reason/s why YOU name FDISK and DD !?
> >  >
> >  > 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 !!! ;-((
> >  >
> >     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.

 
Why shall they NOT work with ext3 ???
As with GParted, I cannot believe and confirm !!!

I was able to create, delete, move and resize all my partitons here !
Beside of Partition Magic and another famous multisystem tool, 
GParted was the only tool I got a NTFS partition shrinking from 40 to
20GB !!

As I already mentioned / wrote:
GParted with Ubuntu is an OLD 0.3.3 version !!!
There are some problems I experienced when playing with after my 
GParted 0.3.4.11 from LiveCD manipulations.

As already mentioned too:
The GParted 0.3.4.11 LiveCD is a Linux MUST Have for me ! ;-D


> Please note that for manipulating NTFS partitions you can use the
> excellent ntfs-3g utilities (see what packages come up when you search
> for ntfs).

Well, generally manipulating with stange OS'es is always risky !
We all know how helpful Win always wants to be with repairing and
wizarding. ;-((

My NTFS shrinking with GParted was something like a last try before 
doing a complete re-installation from scratch once more !

I am glad it went smooth and gave / saved me time to discover and learn 
something else to understand much better !!

As for myself:
Use the GParted (V 0.3.3) present in Ubuntu for quick (yeah, it takes a
very long time) 
checking displays only.

Manipulate with GParted 0.3.4.11 LiveCD without Ubuntu being active /
running !

Just to repeat once more: Backup before doing sensitive tasks anyway !!!

Cheers, svobi