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Parted Magic

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Parted Magic
Screenshot of Parted Magic in 2023
Screenshot of Parted Magic in 2023 Image: source and license
DeveloperPatrick Verner
Parted Magic LLC.
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Initial release8 January 2007
Latest release26.09[1]  / 18 October 2016
Available inEnglish
Supported platformsx86-64 (IA-32 previously supported)
Kernel typeLinux (Monolithic)
Default user interfaceXfce (previously Openbox)[2]
Official websitepartedmagic.com

Parted Magic is a commercial Linux distribution based on Slackware that comes with disk partitioning and data recovery tools.[3] It is sold as a Linux-based bootable disk.[4][5][6] The distribution's nomenclature is derived from the names of the GNU Parted and PartitionMagic software packages.

Features#edit

The program is directly bootable from a CD, USB flash drive, or through a network using PXE on PC hardware, and does not require installation, or the presence of an installed operating system.[7]

Although originally designed for mechanical hard disk drives, Parted Magic is suitable for use also with solid state drives and can perform an ATA Secure Erase (a method that is built into the hard drive controller to return the drive to its factory state).

Parted Magic supports reading and writing to a variety of modern file systems, including ext3, ext4, FAT, exFAT, and NTFS, and as such is able to access disk drives formatted for use under Microsoft Windows and Linux systems.

The software distribution includes networking support, and comes with the Firefox web browser.[8]

System requirements#edit

As of version 11.11.11, Parted Magic supports x86-64 processors natively (32-bit x86 processors were previously supported), and requires a computer with at least a 64-bit Intel-compatible processor and 2GB of RAM. Secure Boot is also supported.[9] x86 versions from 2013-09-26 do not require the Physical Address Extension (PAE) computer processor feature.[10]

All versions starting from 2020_08_23 no longer support 32-bit x86 systems.[11]

Availability#edit

Up to version 2013.08.01 the distribution was freely available for download from the official website and the project page on SourceForge. The distribution moved to a pay-for-download business model, despite the packaged software being free and open source.[12][13]

See also#edit

References#edit

  1. ^ https://partedmagic.com/news/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Nestor, Marius (13 October 2020). "Parted Magic Distro Switches to Xfce Desktop, It's Now a Full 64-Bit System". 9to5Linux. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  3. ^ Bärwaldt, Erik. "Fixing Disks with Parted Magic". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ Parting is such sweet sorrow – The Optimistic Contributor's review of Parted Magic, LWN.net
  5. ^ Parted Magic 3.7|linuxsysconfig
  6. ^ Germain, Jack M. (17 August 2011). "Review - PartedMagic: A Swiss Army Knife for Hard Drive Resuscitation". TechNewsWorld. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
  7. ^ "frugal_install – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Parted Magic". Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  9. ^ "start – Parted Magic". Partedmagic.com. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Changelog". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ^ "News". Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  12. ^ Larabel, Michael (13 August 2013). "Parted Magic is still free".
  13. ^ "Parted Magic starts charging for downloads". DistroWatch. 26 August 2013.
Categories Proprietary operating systemsX86-64 Linux distributionsOperating system distributions bootable from read-only mediaData erasure softwareData recovery softwareLinux distributions without systemdLinux distributions

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