How
to partition an hard
disk with Linux
by Francesco Palmisano
How comes from Windows probably knows very well a program called
Partition Magic.
In this page we talk about thet we can consider more then a easy
counterpart of Partitoin Magic.
Parted Magic 5.4 is a Linux LiveCD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose
being
to partition hard drives.
Parted Magic 5.4 supports the following:
1)ext2
(Linux)
2)ext3
(Linux)
3)ext4
(Linux)
4)fat16 (Windows
3.1, 95)
5)fat32
(Windows 98, ME)
6)hfs (MacOS)
7)hfs+
(MacOS e iPod)
8)jfs (AIX)
9)linux-swap
(Linux)
10)NTFS
(Windows NT,XP,Vista)
11)reiserFS
(Linux)
12)reiser4
(Linux)
13)xfs
(IRIX)
The latest version is updated with: RAID support, linux-2.6.34.5 and
other componets like Clonezilla.
For a full list of featured programs look here.
The mighty gparted displaying some partitions
Parted Magic also includes programs like Partition Image and TestDisk
GTK+ applications like Thunar, Terminal, network admin and Leafpad are
also included.
It's possible downlaod Parted Magic 5.4 here or
on officila web site.
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