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Topic: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Can be downloaded here, for testing ONLY :  http://gparted.free.fr/beta/

gparted-livecd-0.3.4-4-beta-20070320-08h25.iso
- ADAPTEC I20 enable in kernel [Bug 420288]
- scandelay=6 added in grub params to let the system load the module for /dev/sr0 device [Bug 419267]

MD5SUM : 211fb8eb9e83e26ebc370dc1d7a897ea
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OLD BETA RELEASE : no more available ! Just here for memory wink
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gparted-livecd-0.3.4-3-beta-20070314-09h41.iso
- Added "nofb" option at prompt  = no frame buffer
- removed the Exit entry from fluxbox menu which doesn't work.
- added "logout" choice in Exit menu from Icon "Exit"

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gparted-livecd-0.3.4-3-beta-20070313-09h30.iso
- Enable some features about LCD in kernel config
MD5SUM : c237dbbf790284e400b1e448dd59b2f0

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gparted-livecd-0.3.4-2-beta-20070311-08h21.iso
- Error messages at shutdown about /dev/ndb : FIXED
- Submenu shoed out of the screen : FIXED
- Video drivers added : neoamgic, savage, s3virge, trident

MD5SUM 69a664c201cbdf35d056c14ce15c930c
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gparted-livecd-0.3.4-beta-2-20070304-12h08.iso
- Kernel configuration file still more improved
- Udev 105
- New script to set video when X failed : Run Forcevideo, it shows list of available drivers....
- USB and hotplug doesn't work ATM. I will see later how come...
md5sum 6a076e59236fd16a256fd1b42634a7e5

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gparted-livecd-0.3.4-beta-1-20070228-22h49.iso
-Kernel config modified : new drivers have been set to "modules" (=m).
This should fix some issues (hang at boot)
MD5SUM : 0ca76b9f1168e3440db89d4d2327bb53


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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-7-beta-parted-1.7.1-20070226-14h58.iso
***No more available.***
-Parted-1.7.1 and gparted-0.3.4 (from SVN)
MD5SUM : c4c3cc959fe0492eaf74187bf7116ee0

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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-7-beta-parted-1.8.2-20070226-14h55.iso
***No more available.***
-Parted-1.8.2 and gparted-0.3.4 (from SVN)
MD5SUM : e9882006dc61de94825f9de86c12e6f7

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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-6-beta-20070225-06h34.iso
FLuxbox, new drivers set in the kernel : for SATA3, RAID AFFS --maybe SFS but not sure i did ; udev has been set to the last release.
MD5SUM : 4fa77cbfc97a7c347f5c0a904b017815

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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-6-beta-20070223-18h52.iso
Fluxbox (not windowmaker) [Which do you prefer ???]
parted-1.7.1 ; gparted-0.3.3  ---> because parted-1.8.2 seems to crash sad
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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-6-beta-20070222-13h59.iso
Video drivers added (still gparted-0.3.4 & parted-1.8.2)

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gparted-livecd-0.3.3-6-beta-20070219-20h45.iso
MD5SUM : 3f45ff34fe637bd40b1c350b0656997c
some video bugs are fixed ; parted-1.8.2 ; gparted-0.3.4 from svn

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GParted-liveCD has been released !
Can be downloaded here : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile … _id=173828


GParted-LiveCD-0.3.3-1-20070210-11h11
Upgrade kernel to 2.6.20

GParted-LiveCD-0.3.3-1-20070201-14h11
Update kernel to 2.6.19-r5 and parted to 1.8.2.
So far parted 1.8.2 was crashing, but seems to be stable ! Anyway, please consider this is for testing only !

beta-0.8.5.1
Update syslinux file to add options at boot prompt when booting off USB

beta-0.8.5
Adding video mode options and drivers, accessible from "F2" menu at boot prompt.

beta-0.8.4.1
Hardware detection has been improved. Ntfs3g was borken since using kernel 2.6.19 : this is now fixed.
Please, report any bug you can find about hardware detection. THX !

beta-0.8.2
Added  missing tools called xxd ! It made XP failed after moving ! Xxd is used to modify the bootsector of the ntfs moved partition and allows this partition to boot inspite of the move !

beta-0.8.1
Mtools added and some basic updates.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Have released the beta.0 to beta 0.2
* new keymap
* some changes in the Mouse-menu

MD5SUM : 495c9ec169862f29bc94c17c757a33b1  gparted_livecd-beta-0.2.iso

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Beta.0.3 is out.
parted updated to 1.8.1

MD5SUM : 3ae698f2ee5fb52d001d8dc7e1e14bfb  gparted_livecd-beta-0.3.iso

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

beta 0.3:
gparted crashes  2 times during umount operation !

This comes from gentoo package "parted 1.8.1"
Coming back to beta-0.2 witch is absolutly stable

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Resizing / moving ext3 and ntfs : no problem found !
beta-0.2 seems to work perfectly

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

New version of NTFSResize 1.13.1.1 included in this Beta?

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

hbeardave, thx for pointing this question. I have just found the static version of NTFSResize 1.13.1.1, and i am actually compilling a new beta iso.
As soon as it will be avaible, could you please run some tests (since i havent any vista) ????

I will be back in about one  hour and a half.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

hbeardave,
i made a new iso using last ntfsresize, and it works within xp pro sp2.
So i will upload a new release in the next hours. Probably before 12 am (here it is 9.55am)

bye

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Gparted Live CD is a good and useful software.

The last version seems a clone of SystemRescueCd http://www.sysresccd.org/Screenshots

The "old" version from Patrick Verner looks better. http://www.partedmagic.com

What about this "fork"?

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Hi PauLoX,
The last version is based on gentoo catalyst, like sysreccd is, you are right. I also used windowmaker.
But this livecd is absolutly open and its building files will be on svn asap, so that people have access to it if they want/need. BTW it can be updated very easly. That is not the case with the old livecd, since nobody knows exactly how it is built and how it works, except Patrick. This is not our goal, so we prefer go from something precise and open.

thx for your reporting.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

I used the beta 0.5 to resize a Vista partition last night.

I have an XP partition followed by a Vista partition.

Shrank the XP partition, then expanded the Vista partition to the left to fill empty space.

After reboot, Vista would not boot. It wanted the original install DVD (didn't happen to have it handy..but knew I could get it this morning at the office)

XP booted fine...it did an automatic CHKDSK of the Vista partition.

Evidently, the resize changes something in the new Vista way of handling the boot loader.
The Microsoft utility to edit contents of this is BCDEdit...but it's a bit tricky to use, so I found a GUI utility called EasyBCD....The BCD info on where the Vista partition was located was missing...so I reset it to change the following:
device=Partition E:
osdevice= partion E:

and everything boots normally now.

Of course, the appropriate drive letter for your partition may be different depending on other partitions and devices.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

I can't get either version 0.4 or 0.5 to come all the way up on either of my computers. On my laptop, an old emachines 450 MHz K6-2, with 256 MB ram, it only boots as far as "Freeing unused kernel memory. XXX KB freed", then it stops. I can hit Enter on the keyboard & get a carriage return on the screen, also the three finger salute will reboot it, it just won't go beyond that point.
On my desktop, a 2000 MHz Athlon, with 512 MB ram & a Realtek video card, it appears to start X, but not send a signal to the monitor. It's a Sony CPD-G500 monitor; the values in xorg.conf are conservative for it. I can get to the console with CTRL-ALT-BKSP & the following is displayed:
snip --
Mouse is ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse at /dev/input/mice
snip --
Video Card: nVidia Corp. |Generic Ti 4800 SE, using X(vesa) server
snip --
   Note: the above are correct.
wmaker warning: Could not load image ?usr/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/swtile.png" for Option
     "SwitchPanelImages"
wmaker warning: Unmaximizekey: invalid kbd shortcut specification "Mod1+F09"
/root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart: line 17: xset: command not found
/root/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart: could not execute initialization script: Success
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libparted
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Unable to open /dev/hdd read-write (Read only file system). /dev/hdd has been opened read only
snip --
      (Note: live cd is mounted on /dev/hdd)
      After the /dev/hdd warning, there are 16 lines which differ only in the final number. It decreases
      from 15 to 0
snip --
Input/output error during read on /dev/nbd15
   .
   .
   .
Input/output error during read on /dev/nbd0
Unable to open /dev/hdd read-write (Read only file system). /dev/hdd has been opened read only
Unable to open /dev/hdd: Unrecognized disk label
xinit: connection to xserver lost
snip --
The xinit statement is probably due to my CTRL-ALT-BKSP.
Once I am at the console, the command line works normally.
By the way, version 0.3.3 works flawlessly on both machines, as does Patricks gparted magic
Regards,
Bill

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

It seems that there is a problem with the X Window drivers for Intel-based motherboards w/intergrated video. When I tried booting the betas on my system with a Intel D845GVSR motherboard, I basically get a bunch of error messages that seem to say the drivers for X are basically missing in the beta versions. X will not start at all. Gparted-livecd-0.3.3-0 works flawlessly on this machine, which makes me think that the drivers are in fact missing.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

chris lee, thx for reporting this ! I will see this problem asap.

Could you please give the exacte spec of your vdieo card ?
It could be i810, or ixxx ????

thx

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LarryT wrote:

chris lee, thx for reporting this ! I will see this problem asap.

Could you please give the exacte spec of your vdieo card ?
It could be i810, or ixxx ????

thx

It uses the i810 driver which according to the docs supports the Intel i810, i810-DC100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM,855GM, 865G, 915G, 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 965G, 965Q and 946GZ chipsets.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

okay. I have just build a new release, guessing it could be i810 dirver.
I will upload it as beta-0.6 asap.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

http://gparted.free.fr/gparted_livecd-beta-0.6.iso  beta-0.6

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Is there a support for RAID in 0.6 release?

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

YES, see the very fisrt post of this thread, please smile

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

TSquaredF wrote:

I can't get either version 0.4 or 0.5 to come all the way up on either of my computers. On my laptop, an old emachines 450 MHz K6-2, with 256 MB ram, it only boots as far as "Freeing unused kernel memory. XXX KB freed", then it stops. I can hit Enter on the keyboard & get a carriage return on the screen, also the three finger salute will reboot it, it just won't go beyond that point.

During the boot process, the system trys to copy all the contains of the livecd to cache, then it stops. This operation can take sometimes, depends on the  machine.

On my desktop, a 2000 MHz Athlon, with 512 MB ram & a Realtek video card, it appears to start X, but not send a signal to the monitor. It's a Sony CPD-G500 monitor; the values in xorg.conf are conservative for it. I can get to the console with CTRL-ALT-BKSP & the following is displayed:
snip --
Mouse is ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse at /dev/input/mice
snip --
Video Card: nVidia Corp. |Generic Ti 4800 SE, using X(vesa) server
Bill

Like you can see , the video card might not be recognized. I am going to make some tests about that.

Thx for reporting problem !

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LarryT wrote:

okay. I have just build a new release, guessing it could be i810 dirver.
I will upload it as beta-0.6 asap.

X is still not working. I'll try to type the error messages from xorg...

(EE) Failed to load module "dbe" (module does not exist ,0)
(EE) Failed to load module "extmod" (module does not exist ,0)
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist ,0)
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist ,0)
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal screen error:
no screens found

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

Could you please give the ***exact*** model of your vdieo card, this time ?

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

LarryT wrote:

Could you please give the ***exact*** model of your vdieo card, this time ?

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The "video card" is built into the motherboard, which is an Intel D845GVSR motherboard which uses the Xorg i810 driver. The closest thing to a model number would be to say that the "graphics card" would be an Intel 845.

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Re: Gparted-0.3.4-4-beta

thx chris lee.
I questioned you about that, because i have added the i810 driver and it doesnt seem to make the trick ... :-/

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LarryT wrote:

thx chris lee.
I questioned you about that, because i have added the i810 driver and it doesnt seem to make the trick ... :-/

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I took a quick look at the xorg.log file, I may be wrong but it looks like the xorg VESA driver is trying to be loaded instead of the i810 driver. Might be the problem.