最近 Parted Magic 釋出了新的 4.0版,有在使用 Linux 的人我想應該大多數都知道此軟體的好用之處,其實說它是 Linux 版的 Partition Magic 一點也不為過,因為在 Windows 上我想讓大家常常使用的分割軟體就屬 Partition Magic 了!而 Linux 上其實應該算是 gparted,只不過 Parted Magic 把 gparted 以及一些常用的軟體如: firefox, filemanagers, ISO master…等等都整合在一起,並且也包含了 X window ,好讓您當使用 live CD 開機後有個視窗介面方便使用,如果您也是 Linux 使用者建議您燒一片 parted magic 4.0 起來放,好讓您以後能隨意新增、變更及移除 Linux partition…
下面是官方的 Release Note,您將能看到針對此版本與上一版本的改進或 bug 修正:
Updated: gparted-0.4.4, file-5.00, fsarchiver-0.4.6, xfburn-0.4.1, xfce4-screenshooter-1.5.1, xfsdump-3.0.0, xfsprogs-3.0.0, udev-140, hdparm-9.13, cairo-1.8.6, glibmm-2.18.1, pango-1.22.4, cairomm-1.8.0, gtk+-2.16.0, pangomm-2.14.1, glib-2.20.0 gtkmm-2.14.3, mount-gtk-1.0.3, lsscsi-0.22, lftp-3.7.10, LVM2.2.02.45, tar-1.22, firefox-3.0.8, libburn-0.6.4.pl00, libisofs-0.6.16, dc3dd-6.12.3, ntfs-3g-2009.3.8
Fixed: Added “1024×600″ to the manual Xorg and Xvesa configuration scripts. Middle mouse button now works in Xvesa.
Added: btrfs-0.17 (kernel module), btrfs-progs-0.18, ndiswrapper-1.54, truecrypt-6.1a (with gui), added hdt from syslinux and syslinux menus entire, multipath-tools-0.4.8
Major new changes: The initrd was completely trashed and Parted Magic now boots from a initramfs. The initramfs is only about 500KB and all drivers needed to boot the media are built directly into the kernel. The isolinux.cfg/syslinux.cfg files are drastically different, please make a note of this. The “Low RAM” option was changed to boot Xvesa, TWM, and GParted at 800×600x4. It now runs very well on a computer with 64MB of RAM. The pmagic.sqfs is now a squashfs-lzma image and the new overall size is about 70MB. You can now “Save Session” with the CD version (CD-RW required). The PXE version can merge initramfs for module installation. New artwork. Loading debs (without depency checking and resolving) at boot time like tgz packages is now supported.