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 Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2002 5:22 pm Post subject: other than fdisk |
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| is there an other partition tool instead of fdisk to use in gentoo?? |
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reverius42
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2002 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: other than fdisk |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | is there an other partition tool instead of fdisk to use in gentoo?? |
Another Linux partitioning tool that exists is Disk Druid, although I don't know if it is part of the Gentoo distribution.
Why do you need something other than fdisk? Is it lacking a feature, or merely too hard to use? You can just ask for help with fdisk, y'know 
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There's cfdisk, too...
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 1:15 am Post subject: |
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| fdisk is the only partitioning tool supported on the installation media...give it a chance it grows on you |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| rommel wrote: | | give it a chance it grows on you |
Like a fungus. 
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 7:12 am Post subject: This has been covered... |
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Covered extensively in the past...
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=16&highlight=
The general consensus is to let it grow on ya like a truffle. 
It's really not /that/ bad. If you really really don't like it, then partition from somewhere else (like a different linux distro, or BeOS's disk manager (accessable from boot media)).
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| delta407 wrote: | | There's cfdisk, too... |
Yes, I agree
If you have problems with fdisk, there's cfdisk too. I think it should be included in the install ISO (or is it?).
Nevertheless, fdisk is not that hard to learn. Just look for a howto on google. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2002 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: This has been covered... |
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| StrCrssd wrote: | Covered extensively in the past...
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=16&highlight=
The general consensus is to let it grow on ya like a truffle.
It's really not /that/ bad. If you really really don't like it, then partition from somewhere else (like a different linux distro, or BeOS's disk manager (accessable from boot media)). |
I've been using "fdisk" for years in Linux, and I love it. I wouldn't use anything else (more accurately, I wouldn't trust anything else) to partition my hard drive.
It just takes some getting used to, but it's definitely worth it. It gives you a level of control (and speed!) that no other tool gives you... I fly through the questions in fdisk so fast that no-one can even tell what I'm doing (but I know, of course)...
Sure, you could do everything in some other partitioning tool, but fdisk is feature-complete and, imho, offers a rather good user interface once you're comfortable with it.
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