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On Tuesday 19 September 2006 00:56, Paul Abrahams wrote:
So what particular repairs should the partition tool enable you to do? In my case, I had moved partitions around using Partition Manager, but leaving the contents the same. I could edit /etc/fstab to accommodate the changes (and have done so in the past), but since I didn't have a fully running system it would have been easier to use the partition tool if it did what I wanted.
The problem isn't that the partitioning tool is inadequate. You don't know about all the tools at your disposal: Check the Ctl+Alt+F[1-10] combinations while you're running either the installation or repair systems. Each supplies a number of running consoles. There's one which displays kernel messages in real time... helpful when troubleshooting cranky hardware. There's another which supplies a command line rescue-like environment... conveniently, you're already logged in as root... no password required. These consoles allow you to jump between command line and GUI environments, at will. You can read kernel messages, mount and umount devices, perform diagnostics, run commands and utilities... even *read and edit configuration files.* This is where a cursory familiarity with vi or vim comes in handy. ;-) Carl