On 04/12/07 17:30, Markus Hitter wrote: > As drives come partitioned off the store, why should a normal user > have a need to change this partitioning at all? > Well, for one, how are you supposed to tell Ubuntu that you have just installed a new HDD? (Other than opening up fstab and editing it :)
> gparted (or any partitioning software) is a pretty dangerous tool for > the unexperienced user. Two, three wrong clicks and the whole system > is gone to a state where only expert users can recover data. > Sure, that is true, but then you could say that about a whole lot of tools. For example, if you were to type "sudo rm -rf /" into a terminal window, then you'd also loose a fair whack of your system. My point is this, there are many tools that have the chance of killing your computer, let alone 17 year old drivers in a car on a freeway where a wrong move could really wreck your day. Just because there are things that are dangerous... -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
