Advice from users of gParted ??

[Scott Beamer]

William Case Wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I am not looking for advice on how to partition or re-partition a hard
> drive.  I have done it many times.
> 
> I am looking for suggestions and/or recommendations on how to most
> efficiently and effectively use gParted.  I like its gui interface and
> its apparent stability.
[........]
> 
> I have gParted from the F10 repository when I first installed F10, but
> of course, it is no use to me if I want to re-size my '/home' directory
> which is currently mounted.


Your best bet is to run it from a LiveCD.  I can't recall if it's on the 
Fedora live CD or not. If so, you're in business.

If not, get one of the LiveCDs that contain it (e.g. Knoppix, Parted 
Magic or SystemRescue CD).  You'll find all of these @ Distrowatch 
(http://distrowatch.com).

Scott