RE: FAQ question: what version of Gnu parted supports ext3?

[Stephen McInerney]

Oh ok. You might like to add something to the FAQ on ext3 support.
Also I could not find a version history.
 
Thanks,
Stephen
 
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> Subject: Re: FAQ question: what version of Gnu parted supports ext3?
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:43:30 +0200
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> Stephen McInerney wrote:
> > This is a submission for both the
> > * Gnu parted FAQ/manual/revision history http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html
> > and the
> > * ext3 FAQ (http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html)
> >
> > I was unable to find in either of these
> > "What version of Gnu parted added (basic) support for ext3?"
> > All I know is it isn't in v1.6.1 which is what I have, and that's surprising because that's 2006.
>
> ext3 file-system manipulation has never really worked in parted.
> In fact, I'm in the process of removing most FS-manipulation-related
> code from parted right now.
>
> Use the tools from the e2fsprogs package for that.

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