Download Parted Magic 12.08.09

A new version of Parted Magic has become available. This Linux distribution is specifically for partitioning hard drives. In addition to GParted and Parted, it includes a number of useful tools, including Partition Image, TestDisk, TrueCrypt, G4L, SuperGrubDisk, and ddrescue. The software is released under the gpl license and is available in different versions. For example, there is a live CD, a pxeversion and a version for computers with older hardware on board. Parted Magic can handle ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, reiser4, and xfs. The release notes for this release are as follows:

Parted Magic 2012_08_09

GParted bug fix release. This version of GParted fixes a failure to mount rescued file systems larger than 2 GiB or file systems that start after the initial 2 GiB of the disk device.

Parted Magic improvements include better support for Broadcom wireless, added a patch to fix loop encryption in mount for util-linux, and fixed the garbled serial number bug in Erase Disk when used with bad drives.

Updated programs include

• gptfdisk-0.8.5
• lm_sensors-3.3.2
• firefox-14.0.1
• xf86-video-nv-2.1.20
• gparted-0.13.1.