[Maxlinux-devel] Software used by the Installation

[Enrico K. <ph...@h0...>]

Hi guys,

I browsed freshmeat a while because i need a partioning Software for the 
Installation-procedure (not only fdisk i need a userfriendly interface). 
I think there is no need to write a special programm for InceptionOS/Linux 
because many good tools still exist. I will use the following tools:

GNU/Parted
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GNU Parted allows you to create, destroy, resize, and copy partitions. 
Supported partition types include ext2, FAT (FAT16 and FAT32), and 
Reiserfs filesystems and Linux swap devices. Supported disk labels include 
MS-DOS and PC98 partition tables, Sun and BSD disk labels, Macintosh 
partition maps, and raw access. Parted is useful for creating space for 
new operating systems, reorganising disk usage, copying data between hard 
disks, and disk imaging. 

nParted (Interface to gparted)
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nParted is a graphical newt-based front-end to GNU parted, which allows 
you to copy, move, and resize disk partitions using only your cursor keys. 
There is no need to know the geometry of the disk. Think of it as 
"Partition Magic on a console". Its small size makes it useful for 
boot/rescue disks, and in fact, it is developed for the "La Espiral" 
project's boot-floppies. 

gpart
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Gpart is a tool which tries to guess the primary partition table of a 
PC-type hard disk in case the primary partition table in sector 0 is 
damaged, incorrect, or deleted. The guessed table can be written to a file 
or device.   

.oO(gpart can save lifes ;)  )Oo.

libhardware and scanmodule 
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a GPL Library for hardware detection. i write a little c programm for 
hardware detection and module config


as Bootmanager i prefer:

Grub and lilo for the two classicals and 

Smart BootManager
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Smart BootManager is a tiny, powerful and multi-language boot manager 
written in assembler. SBM supports many features in only 30K bytes 
including multi-languages and themes, a user friendly menu system, 
partition auto scan, boot schedule, password protection, and more. SBM is 
the first GPLed boot manager to embed an IDE ATAPI CD-ROM driver, it can 
boot Win95/98/2K, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and BeOS from CD-ROM. 
Multi-bootable image CDs are supported as w.



So.. after work i going straight into my geeklab ;) and start a caffinated 
coding session :)

Enrico

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