Download Parted Magic 12.07.05

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 release notes for this release are as follows:

Parted Magic 2012_07_05

Minor bug fix release with some program updates. The DFS using CIFS issue has been fixed. SpaceFM opens to /root again instead of /. Most of the panel menu items have more generic names. People that have never used Linux before are having a hard time figuring out what a mc is, a lshw, or an xfburn. 😛 The double unmount issue with GParted has been resolved. After adding Samba the size of Parted Magic increased enough to need an increase in the vmalloc kernel command line entry. This caused direct ISO booting to fail. “vmalloc=256MiB” is now “vmalloc=288MiB”. Please update your GRUB configuration if this applies. A few more entries were added to /root/.xinitrc to further stop power management.

Updated Programs: clonezilla-1.2.12-67, lshw-B.02.16, partclone-0.2.49, udevil-0.2.9, linux-3.4.4, grep-2.13, mount-gtk-1.2.1.

Added Programs: nbd-3.0, kmod-9

Removed Programs: module-init-tools

New features: “Erase MBR” option added to “Erase Disk”, NVIDIA option added to “Fail Safe” boot menu. This blacklists nouveau and loads the nvidia kernel module after the NVIDIA packages are installed.