changing a drive

[Ric Moore]

On 08/24/2012 01:36 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Tim Hanson wrote:
>> Now I have a new, larger usb drive on which I would like to copy
>> /home.  I am accustomed to another distro that has a graphical
>> partition manager which gets the UUID set up properly and takes care
>> of all the details.  I have seen the disk utility provided with
>> Ubuntu and I don't see a partition manager.  Where do I find it?
>
> Try gparted (ftom the package with the same name), it should do the job.

I was about to ask the same question. gparted is kinda brass knuckles. 
Is there something a little bit "kinder" for an old fart? Thanx! Ric



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