[CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

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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Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
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