[H-GEN] Bootable Linux distro, partition backup/restore

[Mark Suter]

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Folks,

[ Jason and Hilton discuss interfaces for software like         ]
[ http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/                           ]

I have used many graphical partitioning tools, most recently when
I installed MacOS X on my laptop. I have felt their immediacy was
a benefit; however, they are clumsy compared to automatable tools
like parted:

    $ parted /dev/hda
    (parted) resize 1 0 8192
    (parted) mkpart primary linux-swap 8192 9216
    (parted) mkpart primary reiserfs 9216 -0

The above sequence and the equivalent command below will shrink a
single Windows partition to 8GB (no need to defrag), add 1GB swap
and then use the rest of the disk for a reiserfs partition.

    $ parted /dev/hda resize 1 0 8192 mkpart primary linux-swap 8192 8448 mkpart primary reiserfs 8448 -0

Yours sincerely,

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