Re: Looking for Distro/Live CD with parted
From: Rich Gibbs (rgibbs_at_REMOVEalumni.CAPSprinceton.edu)
Date: 05/24/04
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 16:38:31 -0400
Jonathan Day said the following, on 05/24/04 13:11:
> I'm looking to make one of my computers bootable under Linux, however
> I want to preserve the existing stuff. This means changing the
> partitions, without blasting away anything that's there.
>
> That's easy - just use parted.
>
> One problem. Parted runs under Linux, and that's what I -don't- have
> installed.
>
> What I need, therefore, is a distro or a "live" Linux OS on a CD that
> -also- has parted, so I can change the partition tables.
> [snip]
Knoppix has Qtparted, which is, as far as I can tell, parted with a Qt
GUI front end -- it looks a lot like Partition Magic.
-- Rich Gibbs rgibbs@alumni.princeton.edu
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