Feature changed by: Robert Davies (robopensuse) Feature #310154, revision 7 Title: Add all the programs and features also the maintenance of Parted Magic. openSUSE-11.4: Rejected by Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) reject date: 2011-07-19 09:20:47 reject reason: moving to product openSUSE distribution Priority Requester: Important openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Important Info Provider: Genix Info (genixinfo) Requested by: Genix Info (genixinfo) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Add all the programs and also the features and maintenance characteristics of Parted Magic: http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/looking-something-other-tha... (http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-help-here/looking-something-other-tha...) About Parted Magic: Parted Magic (http://partedmagic.com/) Discussion: #1: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2011-07-19 09:20:11) What exactly are you missing in our partitioner? #2: Genix Info (genixinfo) (2011-07-20 06:24:47) OpenSUSE Linux that can have these features: * Format internal and external hard drives. * Move, copy, create, delete, expand & shrink hard drive partitions. * Clone your hard drive, to create a full backup. * Test hard drives for impending failure. * Test memory for bad sectors. * Benchmark your computer for a performace rating. * Securely erase your entire hard drive, wiping it clean from all data. #3: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2011-07-20 10:14:05) (reply to #2) Just a few comments: * Formatting in the usual way is not needed, partitioning works in yast partitioner * expand and shrink is part of yast partitioner * backup solutions exist * for hard drive testing, a framework exists Tools exist for all of this, looking at parted magic I don't know what'S missing. So, please make a specific request what's missing after investigation what we have. + #4: Robert Davies (robopensuse) (2011-07-20 12:19:23) (reply to #2) + End user support is available on forum. If you asked "How do I test my + RAM?" there, very quickly someone would say "install memtest86+". There + are also HOWTOs covering many topics, probably including drive cloning + & secure wiping. Very often questions like this have already been + answered so a search provides immediate answers. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310154