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! > -- 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