partitions

Remastersys is very handy application that allows you to clone and backup your Linux distribution, including root, home, other partitions, and all personal, custom configuration to a fully deployable, bootable live CD.

Gparted has benefited the Linux users to re-size the partitions with preservation of partition contents, but its use sometimes becomes too problematic which can force you to think of Linux recovery.

Today, we're going to walk though installing it on your bootable hard drive of DSL. Sure, sure, it defeats the principal of the whole thing, but you can always just slice up two tiny little partitions and have DSL as a backup for your other OS, which may or may not completely self-destruct at any moment.

"Well, there's a little history behind that. In days gone by, Unix systems used a system of multiple partitions to divide out the drive into different sections that were isolated form each other.

If you've installed PCLinuxOS with an advanced partitioning, prepare for a painful surprise. SimplyMEPIS (up to 8.0 beta 2) doesn't let you install /usr, /var and /tmp into the partitions of your preference.

Damien Lallement has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Mandriva Linux 2009: "Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 2 should be available on public mirrors now.

Main features of RC2 (compared to RC1): improved boot speed; support for encrypted partitions in installer and DiskDrake using....

Damien Lallement has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Mandriva Linux 2009: "Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 2 should be available on public mirrors now.

Main features of RC2 (compared to RC1): improved boot speed; support for encrypted partitions in installer and DiskDrake using....

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The System Planning Tool is a wonderful utility that is a must for any System p architect or administrator.

It is browser-based, and helps you architect your entire managed system by assisting in the planning, design, and validation of your system.

Follow along in this article for details on how to install and get the most from this important tool.

IBM AIX V6.1 introduced the software-based partition technology called Workload Partitions (WPAR). This article provides an overview of auditing subsystems in a WPAR environment and presents information about the audit reporting tools that can be used to view the audit records.