[Discuss] gparted.

[chris wakefield]

> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:44:16 -0700
>
> "chris wakefield" wrote:
> > Greetings all.
>
> Hi.  :-)
>
> > First time using gparted (gparted-livecd-0.3.4-8.iso) it boots to a grub
> > command line.  After googling for a bit, it _seems_ to be a bug.
> > I wonder if someone can post the latest version of a working gparted live
> > cd iso?
>
> Or you could use another live CD distro that contains gparted, or
> qtparted [same program, different front-end].
>
> SimplyMEPIS might.  Knoppix could.  DSL doesn't, but with an
> internet connection you can enable apt and/or aptitude and use it
> to install a parted front-end, along with whatever dependencies
> might be missing [Knoppix is Debian based, and DSL is Knoppix
> based, therefore Debian-based as well].  By the way, this
> wouldn't affect your hard-drive or any real filesystems; Knoppix
> and Knoppix derivatives use a virtual filesystem and something
> called unionfs, which stores changes to that virtual filesystem
> in RAM.
>
> Kind of a Red Green[*] answer to your problem, but it could work.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Chris W.
>
> You're welcome?
>
> Patrick.
>
Hi Patrick.
Thanks!  This is true, of course.  Thanks for making sense.
Chris W.