parted: Overview

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1 1.1 Overview of GNU Parted
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1 GNU Parted is a program for creating and manipulating partition tables.
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1   This documentation is written with the assumption that the reader has
1 some understanding of partitioning and file systems.
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1   GNU Parted was designed to minimize the chance of data loss.  For
1 example, it was designed to avoid data loss during interruptions (like
1 power failure) and performs many safety checks.  However, there could be
1 bugs in GNU Parted, so you should back up your important files before
1 running Parted.
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1   The GNU Parted homepage is <http://www.gnu.org/software/parted>.  The
1 library and frontend themselves can be downloaded from
1 <ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted>.  You can also find a listing of mailing
1 lists, notes for contributing and more useful information on the web
1 site.
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1   Please send bug reports to <bug-parted@gnu.org>.  When sending bug
1 reports, please include the version of GNU Parted.  Please include the
1 output from these commands (for disk '/dev/hda'):
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1      # parted /dev/hda print unit s print unit chs print
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1   Feel free to ask for help on this list -- just check that your
1 question isn't answered here first.  If you don't understand the
1 documentation, please tell us, so we can explain it better.  General
1 philosophy is: if you need to ask for help, then something needs to be
1 fixed so you (and others) don't need to ask for help.
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1   Also, we'd love to hear your ideas :-)
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