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avee137 05-20-2010 10:49 PM
issue with gparted on CentOS.
 
I have installed gparted on CentOS successfully.
Code:
Installed:
  gparted.x86_64 0:0.3.3-2.el5.rf                                             

Dependency Installed:
  cairomm.x86_64 0:1.2.4-2.1.el5.rf    glibmm24.x86_64 0:2.12.8-1.el5.rf     
  gtkmm24.x86_64 0:2.10.9-1.el5.rf      libsigc++20.x86_64 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf   

Complete!
when i am trying to run it,i get following error with a dialog box:
The exec() call failed.

please suggest the solution.

kurwongbah 05-20-2010 11:05 PM
Are you running it as root?

avee137 05-20-2010 11:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kurwongbah (Post 3976143)
Are you running it as root?
yes of course.running as root is not the solution to all issues,i reckon!!

kurwongbah 05-21-2010 12:03 AM
Of course not ;)
But since it is a partition editor, I had to ask...

John VV 05-21-2010 12:10 AM
i have always found it MUCH easier to use gparted on a live cd

that solves the problem of not being able to reformat or change the running disk .

avee137 05-21-2010 01:23 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV (Post 3976188)
i have always found it MUCH easier to use gparted on a live cd

that solves the problem of not being able to reformat or change the running disk .
yeah that's right.But its possible to use it as just another disk partitioner on CentOS,i guess! Is there any other utility which can help me out to carry the same task for CentOS?

John VV 05-21-2010 01:41 AM
you can only change a "not being used" disk
say you have 3 drives
windows is on drive 1
cent5.5 on drive 2
then you could use gparted on cent to edit drive 1 or 3
but not 2 or at-leastnot the partition that / ,/boot,/home,/swap and on

avee137 05-21-2010 02:27 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by John VV (Post 3976246)
you can only change a "not being used" disk
say you have 3 drives
windows is on drive 1
cent5.5 on drive 2
then you could use gparted on cent to edit drive 1 or 3
but not 2 or at-leastnot the partition that / ,/boot,/home,/swap and on
That's exactly what i am trying to do.I have free space on my disk and i want to partition it.

knudfl 05-21-2010 11:33 AM
Post # 5
Quote:
I have always found it MUCH easier to use gparted on a live cd
That is a very good advise, it's ten times easier
to download the 95 MB live cd, and use that.
http://distrowatch.com/index.php?dis...h=all&year=all

My opinion : I think, it is a safer solution too.
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