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 is a Linux LiveCD/USB/PXE with its elemental purpose being
to partition hard drives.
Optimized at approximately 40MB, the Parted Magic OS employs core
programs of VisParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease,
while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image, TestDisk,
fdisk, sfdisk, dd, ddrescue, etc.) and an excellent set of
documentation to benefit the user. An extensive collection of fileystem
tools are also included, as Parted Magic 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: Linux-2.6.26, parted-1.8.8,
ntfsprogs-2.0, ntfs-3g-2712, and VisParted-2.0.
The
current Xserver is xorg-server-1.4.2.0 with the following drivers: apm,
ark, ati, chips, cirrus, cyrix, glint, i128, i740, i810, mga, neomagic,
nv, r128, riva128, radeon, rendition, s3, s3virge, savage,
siliconmotion, sis, tdfx, tga, trident, tseng, vesa, vmware, and voodoo.
The mini Xserver, Xvesa, is also available.
For a full list of featured programs look here.
The mighty VisParted displaying some partitions:
Parted Magic also includes programs like Partition Image and TestDisk:
GTK+ applications like Thunar, Terminal, and Leafpad are also included:
It's possible downlaod Parted Magic here or
on officila web site.
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