Re: Partition Magic-like S/W for Knoppix/Debian

[Donald Spoon <dspoon@astcomm.net>]

stavel@brailcom.org wrote:
> Hi Abdul
>
> > > > > > "Abdul" == Abdul Latip <dullatip@angin.com> writes:
>
>
>     Abdul> Second, I am wondering if there exists a "PARTITION
>     Abdul> MAGIC"-like software in Debian (better than fips?).  How
>     Abdul> easy is it to split a VFAT/ You-Know-What-Os partition on
>     Abdul> the fly.
>
>         parted knows is able everything Partitiion Magic does. 
>         Except ntfs :-(
>         
>         Partition Magic is the only resize program that is able to
>         work with ntfs, I think.
>
>         :-)

Parted works pretty well, but is mostly command-line.  I like the Parted 
-on-a-floppy, since it also serves me as a "rescue" floppy to get a 
zapped system up & running and has most of the utilities you will need 
available.

If you are interested in a GUI front-end to Parted, take a look at 
"qtparted".  This is very ALPHA software, IMHO, but seems to be 
progressing nicely.  You can find details at: > 
http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/
The last time I looked, there was a "deb" package available, although I 
just compiled my own for grins.  My last look was on an older version...

Cheers,
-Don Spoon-