[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/14/2008 06:00:13 PM: > [lpi-examdev] Half-OT: is parted reliable? > > Sergio Belkin > > > Hi, I've read on LPI Linux Certification in a nutshell the following thing: > > "parted, unfortunately, has been known to corrupt partition tables and > ruin filesystem." > > What do you think about it? >
I've used it for a few years without problem. These days, I tend to use gparted. At one point the graphical version was easier to use when resizing NTFS partitions, but I haven't checked lately if that's still true. I run a variety of distributions, so my systems can have a couple of dozen partitions over a couple of disks. I tend to lable the disks (e2label) Ian Shields Ph.D. Linux Technologist, ISV & Developer Relations IBM Corp Research Triangle Park, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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