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Topic: First try with GParted live

Hi,

I am new to the forum and to GParted live.

Just downloaded and burned the GParted .iso (with Power-ISO) to CD. Booted it on my i5-650 based system (with integrated graphics). The partition mngt. part looked functional.

There were 6-8 icons (for screenshot, info, etc) above that were not functional. "Exit" didn't work: I had to power the system down.

Not certain what the problem was. Any ideas?

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P

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Re: First try with GParted live

Puddin wrote:

There were 6-8 icons (for screenshot, info, etc) above that were not functional. "Exit" didn't work: I had to power the system down.

Not certain what the problem was. Any ideas?

Did you double-click on the 6-8 icons?

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Re: First try with GParted live

gedakc wrote:
Puddin wrote:

There were 6-8 icons (for screenshot, info, etc) above that were not functional. "Exit" didn't work: I had to power the system down.

Not certain what the problem was. Any ideas?

Did you double-click on the 6-8 icons?

Yes.

Just in case you were about to ask if I was breathing and metabolizing at the time:

Breathing air.

Metabolizing oxygen.

OK?  :-)

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Re: First try with GParted live

Do other live CD's that contain GParted, such as System Rescue CD, work on your system

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Re: First try with GParted live

gedakc wrote:

Do other live CD's that contain GParted, such as System Rescue CD, work on your system

OK, I think I've got it all working.

I wish to take a snapshot and store the .jpg on a usb thumb drive. I dclk 'terminal' and run df and none of the devices look like my thumb drive. But I'm not into Linux commands, so ...

Is it practical to do this, and if so, how?

Thx,
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Re: First try with GParted live

The df command only displays information on mounted file systems.

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Re: First try with GParted live

gedakc wrote:

The df command only displays information on mounted file systems.

Is there some particular reason you studiously avoid being helpful?

Is it practical to take a snapshot and store the .jpg on a usb thumb drive (formatted fat32 and mounted at boot time)? If so, what commands would be useful?

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