GNU Parted is a program for creating, destroying, resizing, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on them.
This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between hard disks, and "disk imaging" -- replicating installations over many computers.
This documentation assumes knowledge of partitions and file systems. If you want to learn more about these, the Partition mini-HOWTO is recommended reading. It is probably included with your distribution, or it is available at
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition/index.html
GNU Parted was designed to minimize the chance of data loss. For example, it was designed to avoid data loss during interruptions (like power failure) and performs many safety checks. However there could be bugs in Parted, so you should back up your important files.
The GNU Parted homepage is www.gnu.org/software/parted. It can be downloaded from ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted.
The Parted mailing list is parted@gnu.org. To subscribe, write to bug-parted-request@gnu.org with `subscribe' in the subject. Subscription information and archives are available at:
http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted
Please send bug reports to bug-parted@gnu.org. When sending bug reports, please include the version of GNU Parted. If the bug is related to partition tables, then please include the output from these commands:
# fdisk /dev/hda -l # fdisk /dev/hda Command (m for help): p Command (m for help): x Extended command (m for help): p
Feel free to ask for help on this list -- just check that your question isn't answered here first. If you don't understand the documentation, please tell us, so we can explain it better. General philosophy is: if you need to ask for help, then something needs to be fixed so you (and others) don't need to ask for help.
Also, we'd love to hear your ideas :-)
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