howtoforge.com — This guide shows how you can modify the partitions of your Linux system with GParted. This includes resizing and moving partitions, creating and deleting partitions, and modifying filesystem types. GParted supports the following filesystems: ext2, ext3, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, reiserfs, reiser4, ufs, xfs, and even ntfs (Windows).
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caseydJan 22, 2007
Can you use Gparted on a Macbook Pro? AND can you use it on external firewire drives?
riahJan 22, 2007
Doesn't work with LVM partitions yet :'(
legendarysockJan 22, 2007
I used Gparted a while ago to partition my disk and then install linux side by side with Windows. It is very well worth it.
halvyJan 24, 2007
this is not necessarily a bad thing.it could be a safety feature (undocumented).formating doesn't normally delete or wipe a disk ... other tools are made to *really* make your data go away (like the shred command in Linux).having ALL the programs like qtparted, gparted, parted, cfdisk (and others) is the only way to make sure you can get a job done all the time :)
andrew89Jun 22, 2007
Hmm, just thinking why your not using an external media to save files (temporary or constant), so there won't happen anything while partioning hard discs.Here are two intersting links, covering this topic:<a class="user" href="http://www.consumersearch.com/www/internet/online-backup-services/review.html">http://www.consumersearch.com/www/internet/online-backup-services/review.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.onlinebackupguide.com">http://www.onlinebackupguide.com</a>Greets,Andrew