080722 gparted-0.3.8 [VL59]

[exeterdad]

wcs has packaged gparted-0.3.8 for VL59

Package: gparted-0.3.8-i586-1vl59.tlz
MD5: 7c78fd5b43339fd4e1e74381f23f94db
Package Size: 416 KIB (0.41 MB)
Installed size: 1,920 KIB (1.88 MB)

Sources: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.9/source/testing/x-apps/gparted

gparted: gparted (Partition editor)
gparted: GParted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying,
gparted: resizing, moving, checking and copying partitions, and the filesystems
gparted: on them. Support for different filesystems is provided by other
gparted: packages: e2fsprogs, dosfstools, hfsutils, jfsutils, util-linux,
gparted: ntfsprogs, reiser4progs, reiserfsprogs, and xfsprogs.
gparted: (Patched for VL by wcs to allow starting gparted without HAL running,
gparted: even if hal-lock is installed)
gparted: License: GNU GPL
gparted: Authors: Bart Hakvoort, Curtis Gedak (gparted@users.sourceforge.net)
gparted: Website: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

After testing this package, please take a moment and come back to this thread to let us know how it works for you.

[MikeCindi]

I noticed that I could only see NTFS partitions but could not manipulate them. Is this a libparted or ntfsprogs issue or am I missing something as NTFS should be fully compliant with 0.3.8?

[wcs]

Not sure... Supposedly parted should be able to manipulate NTFS with the help of ntfsprogs.
I don't have ntfsprogs installed (cannot find it in the repo), and no ntfs partitions, so it's hard to test it.
Are you trying with ntfsprogs 2.0.0 ?

[MikeCindi]

Not sure that ntfsprogs is actually included with SOHO 5.9. There's a folder for 1.13.1 but there does not seem to be any real "content". I'll try getting 2.0.0 together and see what happens.

[wcs]

I've just uploaded a ntfsprogs package (2.0.0) to the repo vectorcontrib. (EDIT)
It should be in testing soon.

Let me know if after installing this, you're able to manipulate NTFS partitions.
Thanks for testing.

[MikeCindi]

Great, I'll look for it. I had been reluctant to build it as I don't have a test machine available at the moment.

[VgnFrnd]

It's working fine for me on SOHO 5.9. I haven't tried to use it with NTFS file systems, so I can't comment on that.

[wcs]

ntfsprogs is in testing now, mikecindi, so you can check if it works.

Thanks!

[MikeCindi]

I should have some time this weekend to work with it. I also will get my test machine back so I don't "kill" anything of value.

[wcs]

I just tried creating, formatting, checking, resizing, moving, and deleting an empty ntfs partition.
Everything went fine, once ntfsprogs is installed.

[MikeCindi]

Thanks wcs; just tried it out myself with the same result. I'll give it a bit more time before I put it into production but suspect that all is well with it.

[wcs]

cool... but yea, one should always be careful with partitioning stuff.
I'm running late on my backups, but I upload the most important bits on two different servers.... just in case something breaks 

[sparkyhall]

Works here too....tested on VL5.9 light Final with Gparted 3.8.

Chris