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kenitholson
Am looking for a full featured Linux Partition Table Editor that has a
low learning curve if possible.
Recently found SystemRescueCD which may be what I want.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Screenshots
Am thinking It may have way more than what I really need. Here is a
listing of what is included. "Linux-kernel-2.6.15
The current release is based on linux-2.6.15. It was patched in order
to add support for the Reiser4 file system, and add the Speakup screen
reader for blind people. The precompiled kernel includes a lot of
drivers, in order to work for most users.
GNU-Parted-1.6.23 Parted
it is the best linux partition tool. It's a reliable text based
partition editor for Linux.
QtParted and PartGui
This is the most interesting feature of this CDRom. You can use these
two graphical partition tools without XFree86 (they work with
QtEmbedded). They can be considered as the best free PartitionMagic
clones for Linux. They allow you to see a chart of your hard disk,
create, format, delete, and modify partitions. You must start with the
Frame Buffer in order for these utilities to work well. PartGui is not
developed anymore, then QtParted is the best choice.
Partimage-0.6.4 Partimage
It is a Ghost/DriveImage clone for Linux. It allows you to save/restore
any partition of your hard disk into an image file. If you have a
problem with your partition (virus, hard disk crash, error), you can
restore it without having to reinstall your OS.
Grub-0.96 / Lilo-22.7
These tools are the most common bootloaders used with Linux. You can
restore your bootloader from this SystemRescueCd. For example, if
Windows removed Grub, you can run grub from this CD, and reinstall this
bootloader.
File System tools
Each file system has its own tools. For example XFS provides xfsprogs.
It allows the user to format an existing partition, to resize another
one, ... We provide reiserfsprogs for ReiserFS, Reiser4progs, xfsprogs
for XFS, jfsprogs for JFS, e2fsprogs for ext2/ext3, ntfsprogs for NTFS,
dosfstools for FAT/VFAT.
Evms 2.5 EVMS
EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) is a powerful logical volume
manager, such as LVM. (It supports LVM). It allows to manage the space
of your hard disk with a management more powerful than partitions.
Archiving tools
Of course, tar/gzip/bzip2 are provided for Unix users. This CDRom also
contains zip/unzip, rar/unrar/unace for Windows users. It allows users
to backup/restore their data from this bootable disc. We also added Dar
(Disk Archiver). It's a tar clone, and it's a lot more powerful.
Sfdisk-3.07
sfdisk is a partition table tool. You can save and restore your
partition table from/into a file. Even logical partitions are
supported. For example, "sfdisk -d /dev/hda > hda-backup" will make a
backup, and "cat hda-backup | sfdisk -d /dev/hda" will restore your
partition table. It's very useful if you make an error with parted.
Don't keep the backup on the hard disk ! Of course, you need to copy
the backup to another computer, or to any removable media.
Editors
During a system rescue, you may need to edit system files. We provide
both nano (a lightweight editor) and vim-6.2 (VI Improved). Newbies can
use QTinyEditor. This is a very basic graphical text editor, designed
with a Qt interface.
Midnight Commander
MidnightCommander (mc) is a NortonCommander clone for Linux. It is very
easy to use, and allows you to browse all the files on your hard disk.
You can copy, rename, delete, move, search, and edit files.
CD/DVD burning tools
You can use the cdrecord packages, that comes with mkisofs. It the
linux standard CD burning command from console. Mkisofs allows to
create an ISO image file to use with cdrecord. Cdw is a text ncurses
based front end to make cdrecord and mkisofs easier to use. Udftools
are provided for packet writing. Now, you can also use dvd+rwtools.
This package make DVD burning possible.
Network File Tools
We also provide basic network tools, in order to allow you to exchange
data with other computers. You can use Samba ("mount -t smbfs
//ip/share /mnt/path"), NFS, ssh (client and server), PPP (connect to
the internet), lynx (console web browser). LUFS (Linux Userland File
System) allows to mount FTP, SSH, file systems.
Network admin tools
Many standard network administration tools are provided: DNS-tools
(such as nslookup), nmap (network exploration), netcat (network piping
tool).
Security tools
Chkrootkit search for a rootkit installed on your system. A rootkit is
a package installed by a hacker that allows to hack it.
Anti-virus
Clam-AntiVirus is a free sofware Anti-Virus. You can update the
definitions from the CDRom, and scan your system for a virus.
Web browsers
Two lightweight web browsers are provided: lynx and links. They are
useful if you need to have a look at a detailed documentation during
your usage of the system. In FrameBuffer mode, the links web browser
can be used as a graphical browser that show images, and that has a
nice GUI. You have to give options to the command line of the program
in order to have the graphical mode enabled.
CaptiveNtfs 1.1
CaptiveNtfs is a project that allows mounting NTFS partitions under
Linux with full Read and Write support. Read the manual for
informations about how to use it.
Perl 5.8 Perl
is a powerful and free language. Many administration scripts, and many
programs are written in perl. The system is able to run perl scripts.
Secure Deletion
Several wiping tools (such as shred and wipe) ensure that files are
really erased from your hard disk, and nobody can read data.
Misc Tools
md5deep allows you to calculate the MD5 sum in subdirectories, wipe is
a security tool which ensures that data in a file is really destroyed
and unrecoverable.
System boot disks
The CDRom comes with many virtual floppy disks. These floppy images can
be used as a real boot floppy disk. They provide many important
services. Here is a list of the provided disks:
FreeDos allows running DOS programs without MS-DOS
MemTest+ test the physical memory, and tells if it is damaged or not
Gag (Graphical Boot Manager) an easy to use Boot manager (such as LILO)
Ranish Partition Manager a free partition editor
Aida a powerful hardware diagnostic tool (as sandra) "
Any suggestions or experience with this or other Linux Partition Table
Editors?
Thanks
Ken
low learning curve if possible.
Recently found SystemRescueCD which may be what I want.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Screenshots
Am thinking It may have way more than what I really need. Here is a
listing of what is included. "Linux-kernel-2.6.15
The current release is based on linux-2.6.15. It was patched in order
to add support for the Reiser4 file system, and add the Speakup screen
reader for blind people. The precompiled kernel includes a lot of
drivers, in order to work for most users.
GNU-Parted-1.6.23 Parted
it is the best linux partition tool. It's a reliable text based
partition editor for Linux.
QtParted and PartGui
This is the most interesting feature of this CDRom. You can use these
two graphical partition tools without XFree86 (they work with
QtEmbedded). They can be considered as the best free PartitionMagic
clones for Linux. They allow you to see a chart of your hard disk,
create, format, delete, and modify partitions. You must start with the
Frame Buffer in order for these utilities to work well. PartGui is not
developed anymore, then QtParted is the best choice.
Partimage-0.6.4 Partimage
It is a Ghost/DriveImage clone for Linux. It allows you to save/restore
any partition of your hard disk into an image file. If you have a
problem with your partition (virus, hard disk crash, error), you can
restore it without having to reinstall your OS.
Grub-0.96 / Lilo-22.7
These tools are the most common bootloaders used with Linux. You can
restore your bootloader from this SystemRescueCd. For example, if
Windows removed Grub, you can run grub from this CD, and reinstall this
bootloader.
File System tools
Each file system has its own tools. For example XFS provides xfsprogs.
It allows the user to format an existing partition, to resize another
one, ... We provide reiserfsprogs for ReiserFS, Reiser4progs, xfsprogs
for XFS, jfsprogs for JFS, e2fsprogs for ext2/ext3, ntfsprogs for NTFS,
dosfstools for FAT/VFAT.
Evms 2.5 EVMS
EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) is a powerful logical volume
manager, such as LVM. (It supports LVM). It allows to manage the space
of your hard disk with a management more powerful than partitions.
Archiving tools
Of course, tar/gzip/bzip2 are provided for Unix users. This CDRom also
contains zip/unzip, rar/unrar/unace for Windows users. It allows users
to backup/restore their data from this bootable disc. We also added Dar
(Disk Archiver). It's a tar clone, and it's a lot more powerful.
Sfdisk-3.07
sfdisk is a partition table tool. You can save and restore your
partition table from/into a file. Even logical partitions are
supported. For example, "sfdisk -d /dev/hda > hda-backup" will make a
backup, and "cat hda-backup | sfdisk -d /dev/hda" will restore your
partition table. It's very useful if you make an error with parted.
Don't keep the backup on the hard disk ! Of course, you need to copy
the backup to another computer, or to any removable media.
Editors
During a system rescue, you may need to edit system files. We provide
both nano (a lightweight editor) and vim-6.2 (VI Improved). Newbies can
use QTinyEditor. This is a very basic graphical text editor, designed
with a Qt interface.
Midnight Commander
MidnightCommander (mc) is a NortonCommander clone for Linux. It is very
easy to use, and allows you to browse all the files on your hard disk.
You can copy, rename, delete, move, search, and edit files.
CD/DVD burning tools
You can use the cdrecord packages, that comes with mkisofs. It the
linux standard CD burning command from console. Mkisofs allows to
create an ISO image file to use with cdrecord. Cdw is a text ncurses
based front end to make cdrecord and mkisofs easier to use. Udftools
are provided for packet writing. Now, you can also use dvd+rwtools.
This package make DVD burning possible.
Network File Tools
We also provide basic network tools, in order to allow you to exchange
data with other computers. You can use Samba ("mount -t smbfs
//ip/share /mnt/path"), NFS, ssh (client and server), PPP (connect to
the internet), lynx (console web browser). LUFS (Linux Userland File
System) allows to mount FTP, SSH, file systems.
Network admin tools
Many standard network administration tools are provided: DNS-tools
(such as nslookup), nmap (network exploration), netcat (network piping
tool).
Security tools
Chkrootkit search for a rootkit installed on your system. A rootkit is
a package installed by a hacker that allows to hack it.
Anti-virus
Clam-AntiVirus is a free sofware Anti-Virus. You can update the
definitions from the CDRom, and scan your system for a virus.
Web browsers
Two lightweight web browsers are provided: lynx and links. They are
useful if you need to have a look at a detailed documentation during
your usage of the system. In FrameBuffer mode, the links web browser
can be used as a graphical browser that show images, and that has a
nice GUI. You have to give options to the command line of the program
in order to have the graphical mode enabled.
CaptiveNtfs 1.1
CaptiveNtfs is a project that allows mounting NTFS partitions under
Linux with full Read and Write support. Read the manual for
informations about how to use it.
Perl 5.8 Perl
is a powerful and free language. Many administration scripts, and many
programs are written in perl. The system is able to run perl scripts.
Secure Deletion
Several wiping tools (such as shred and wipe) ensure that files are
really erased from your hard disk, and nobody can read data.
Misc Tools
md5deep allows you to calculate the MD5 sum in subdirectories, wipe is
a security tool which ensures that data in a file is really destroyed
and unrecoverable.
System boot disks
The CDRom comes with many virtual floppy disks. These floppy images can
be used as a real boot floppy disk. They provide many important
services. Here is a list of the provided disks:
FreeDos allows running DOS programs without MS-DOS
MemTest+ test the physical memory, and tells if it is damaged or not
Gag (Graphical Boot Manager) an easy to use Boot manager (such as LILO)
Ranish Partition Manager a free partition editor
Aida a powerful hardware diagnostic tool (as sandra) "
Any suggestions or experience with this or other Linux Partition Table
Editors?
Thanks
Ken
QTPartEd is the one you