Parted Magic è una distribuzione Linux Live CD/USB/PXE specificatamente creata e dedicata per il partizionamento e la gestione delle partizioni del proprio hard disk. Questa particolare distribuzione affianca il celebre GParted, con i migliori programmi Open Source dedicati al partizionamento ed operazioni varie di gestione e manutenzione delle partizioni. Parted Magic, offre supporto ai file system più diffusi, tra cui ricordiamo: ext2, ext3, ext4, fat16, fat32, hfs, hfs+, jfs, linux-swap, ntfs, ocfs2, reiserFS, reiser4, xfs, zfs
Le novità della nuova versione 6.0:
If you have experienced booting issues with Parted Magic, this is the version you have been waiting for. The way the kernel is handled has been completely redone. This is the reason for the new major version number. The kernel modules, udev, and firmware have been moved to the initramfs. The nice graphical boot menu that we have been using for years has been removed in favor of a very basic one. Many laptops and notebooks could not start the complex menu. A large number of major and minor bugs have been fixed as well.
Updated Programs: cryptsetup-1.2.0, lvm2-2.02.84, nwipe-0.03 (downgraded), util-linux-2.19, linux-2.6.38.2, udev-165, btrfs-progs-20110327, glibc-2.13, jfsutils-1.1.15, usbutils-002, xfsprogs-3.1.4, squashfs-4.2, simpleburn-1.6.0.2 (downgraded), busybox-1.18.4, memtest86-4.20, ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-2011.4.12
