Ar Mer, 2010-05-26 am 14:46 +0100, ysgrifennodd Rowan Berkeley: > On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 13:51 +0100, Neil Greenwood > <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 26 May 2010 07:29, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berke...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:58 +0100, Matthew Daubney > > <m...@daubers.co.uk> > > > wrote: > > >> This is an incredibly dangerous idea. When you're mucking around > > >> with partitions it is very, _very_, UNsafe to have the _device_ > > >> mounted. Having been building storage systems for the past 8 > > >> months, I've dealt with things in terrible states, one of the > > >> causes being people believing that repartitioning with a volume > > >> mounted is a good idea. Matt Daubney > > > > Thank you Matt for telling me that you have actually seen drives > > > messed up in this way. I still wonder why it should be so incredibly > > > dangerous but you have convinced me that it is. Rowan > > > The why is because other programs could be trying to update bits of > > the disc as gparted tries to move it. It's a bit like trying to change > > the wheel on a car that doesn't have the handbrake on - it *might* not > > move... Cofion/Regards, Neil. > > What, by the way, does 'Cofion' mean? > > Rather off topic but "cofion" is Welsh directly translated as "memories" but in this instance it can and does mean "regards".
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