From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7674F13800E for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 06:15:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AE73EE077C; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 06:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f53.google.com (mail-pb0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFA87E0774 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2012 06:13:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbro2 with SMTP id ro2so412197pbb.40 for ; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:13:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=bL7JHtscvkgcqlYUc+wwHRqKrIKIrzdIiJlEyWf7Ak4=; b=uJ/5ZhrluJuDr0O5fysIj38q6SvOqmvbkNN/dIRdrSvEFJfKWAdC36f6eWjhG1MQ0u fJOTeTftWVNXShABuknqY6B6l0GdDDqmBKMcau9uL3+kEN9rAXlQowwNB7L98dDjXo/D bD3UGqIRE2xHTljDJd5GB+uHKCfwMLmCtA5cs2TNU/DxSr2MoOzOPaqd8TxUn4iEwjuF dk8xQrPxaMnKPs9LYJ17M7xtDreGccO+nFAbg/zYb944Y0Ci4gVMuU4/8bKWtVsz8wUJ Je9aVf9vISm0YGQGw4HTeHTGNVRSmszDFNKlb4oEIrATUCL+tM2Ym9W94ErEGP3HJMgb GKbA== Received: by 10.68.229.2 with SMTP id sm2mr1522314pbc.57.1344492808066; Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:13:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dethkomp (triband-mum-59.182.74.151.mtnl.net.in. [59.182.74.151]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gf7sm477828pbc.65.2012.08.08.23.13.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:13:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:43:25 +0530 From: Yohan Pereira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Want to seriously test a NEW hard drive Message-ID: <20120809061325.GA26532@dethkomp> References: <501E6AFA.4000205@gmail.com> <5022A9A1.50606@gmail.com> <5022E38F.4080105@gmail.com> <50232CF1.1020400@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50232CF1.1020400@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 853dca33-f302-4bb2-8475-f0b60185c7f0 X-Archives-Hash: 4776088398ed8fb006a4dbd6e2aa06d5 On 08/08/12 at 10:22pm, Dale wrote: > I used something called Gparted to partition this monster. This is > temporary tho. What should I be using to partition this thing? What is > the best, and easiest, tool for me to use? I have been using cfdisk in > the past but it doesn't seem to work on this one. I do want one very > large partition and plan to use LVM on it too. > > Oh, it would be nice if the tool is on LiveCDs, SystemRescue in my > case. I use that when the stuff hits the fan and I am covered up pretty > deep. ;-) GParted is on systemrescuecd :D. Its that goldenish disk icon on the panel. GParted is a frontend to parted you can use that directly as well. -- - Yohan Pereira The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain