Download Parted Magic 12.04.21

A new version of Parted Magic has become available. This Linux distribution is specifically for partitioning hard drives. In addition to GParted and Parted, it includes a number of useful tools, including Partition Image, TestDisk, TrueCrypt, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, and ddrescue. The software is released under the gpl license and is available in different versions. For example, there is a live CD, a pxeversion and a version that can be used from a USB stick. Parted Magic can handle ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs. The changelog for this release looks like this:

New Features:

• nopmodules and noscripts were added to the kernel command line options.

Updated programs:

• e2fsprogs-1.42.2
• dosfstools_3.0.12
• mtools_4.0.17
• util-linux-2.21.1
• coreutils-8.16
• bootinfoscript-061
• gptfdisk-0.8.4
• ms-sys-2.3.0
• pigz-2.2.4
• safecopy-1.7
• gparted-0.12.1
• lzip-1.13
• parted-3.1
• plzip-0.8
• ddrescue-1.16-rc3
• dhcp-4.2.1_P1
• dhcpcd-5.2.12
• ethtool-2.6.36
• net-tools-1.60
• hdparm-9.39
• wicd-1.7.2
• linux-3.2.15
• clonezilla-1.2.12-37
• ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2012.1.15AR.1
• testdisk-6.14-WIP
• smartmontools-5.42
• flashrom-0.95.2

Bug fixed:

• The dosfstools/mtools update seems to have fixed some weirdness resizing fat file systems.
• The util-linux/coreutils update overwrites the busybox symlinks. Busybox is almost obsolete now.