15 Oct
2008
15 Oct
'08
7:12 a.m.
Until CentOS 4.7, parted would create DOS partitions > 2Tb.
DOS partitions can not be > 2Tb. This could "...corrupt partition tables and ruin filesystem".
The latest version from CentOS 4.7 fixes this (and other) bugs.
John.
Sergio Belkin wrote:
Hi, I've read on LPI Linux Certification (Ed O'Reilly) in a nutshell the following thing:
"parted, unfortunately, has been known to corrupt partition tables and ruin filesystem."
What do you think about it?
Greets!
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John Newbigin
ITS Senior Analyst / Programmer
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, Australia
http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin