What do I need to get Gparted working right?

Slacker Steve · 12-17-2008, 10:49 PM

I just installed gparted in Slack 12.2 using the scripts over at slackbuilds.org.

I installed all dependencies listed there and all the dependencies of the dependencies

Gparted starts up fine, but as you can see from this screenshot:
http://www.vulomedia.com/images/47210snapshot6.png

A lot of features are missing. The main thing is I can't create any filesystems

Any ideas?

Thanks

bapigoo9 · 12-17-2008, 11:03 PM

There is also /sbin/fdisk in Slackware 12, and you can create some filesystems with mkfs.xx.

Slacker Steve · 12-17-2008, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bapigoo9

There is also /sbin/fdisk in Slackware 12, and you can create some filesystems with mkfs.xx.

Thanks

Yeah I just might use that instead.

But I like doing things like this with a GUI so I don't go wiping the wrong drive, lol

Edit:
So what would be the best way to create a fat32 filesystem on sdb1?
Would this be it?

Code:

mkdosfs -F32 -v /dev/sdb1

Woodsman · 12-17-2008, 11:17 PM

Did you start gparted as normal user or root?

Slacker Steve · 12-17-2008, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman

Did you start gparted as normal user or root?

Root, it won't let me start it as normal user

slackass · 12-17-2008, 11:20 PM

I re-used 12.1 pkgs from slacky and they work perfect for me.

cairomm-1.4.8-i686-1as.tgz
glibmm-2.12.10-i686-4as.tgz
gparted-0.3.6-i686-2as.tgz
gtkmm-2.10.11-i686-1as.tgz
libsigc++-2.0.18-i686-1as.tgz
parted-1.8.8-i486-1ms.tgz

Then add kdesu (space) to the front of the K-Menu command.

Slacker Steve · 12-17-2008, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slackass

I re-used 12.1 pkgs from slacky and they work perfect for me.

cairomm-1.4.8-i686-1as.tgz
glibmm-2.12.10-i686-4as.tgz
gparted-0.3.6-i686-2as.tgz
gtkmm-2.10.11-i686-1as.tgz
libsigc++-2.0.18-i686-1as.tgz
parted-1.8.8-i486-1ms.tgz

Then add kdesu (space) to the front of the K-Menu command.

Hm I'll try that, thanks.

tommcd · 12-18-2008, 05:43 AM

Just use the Gparted live CD:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
This is not part of Slackware; but it is a separate live CD that you can use to partition drives. It works well.

There is also the Parted Magic live CD:
http://partedmagic.com/

Slacker Steve · 12-18-2008, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommcd

Just use the Gparted live CD:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
This is not part of Slackware; but it is a separate live CD that you can use to partition drives. It works well.

There is also the Parted Magic live CD:
http://partedmagic.com/

Thanks

I actually just ended up using a Mint 6 livecd with gparted I had lying around to do partitioning.