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Run "hdparm -I /dev/DISK" to get the hard drive serial number of every device which has one and display it in the Device Information. The displayed value can either be the actual serial number, "none" or blank. "none" means the device doesn't have a hard drive serial number, such as for Linux software RAID arrays, BIOS fake RAID arrays or USB flash drives. Blank means something went wrong getting the serial number. Either it couldn't be found in the hdparm output or the hdparm command wasn't installed. Example real hard drive: # hdparm -I /dev/sda ... ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: SAMSUNG HM500JI Serial Number: S1WFJDSZ123732 ... Example Linux software RAID array: # hdparm -I /dev/md127 /dev/md127: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device On my desktop with 4 internal hard drives 2 Linux software RAID arrays on those hard drives, 2 USB flash drives and 1 USB hard drive attached, running hdparm 9 times added 0.07 seconds to the device refresh time. Bug 751251 - Show serial number in device information
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GPARTED
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Gparted is the GNOME Partition Editor for creating, reorganizing, and
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deleting disk partitions.
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A hard disk is usually subdivided into one or more partitions. These
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partitions are normally not re-sizable (making one smaller and the
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adjacent one larger.) Gparted makes it possible for you to take a
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hard disk and change the partition organization, while preserving the
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partition contents.
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More specifically, Gparted enables you to create, destroy, resize,
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move, check, label, and copy partitions, and the file systems
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contained within. This is useful for creating space for new operating
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systems, reorganizing disk usage, and mirroring one partition with
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another (disk imaging).
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Gparted can also be used with storage devices other than hard disks,
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such as USB flash drives, and memory cards.
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Visit http://gparted.org for more information.
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LICENSING
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---------
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GParted is released under the General Public License version 2, or (at
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your option) any later version. (GPLv2+). All files are released under
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the GPLv2+ unless explicitly licensed otherwise.
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The GParted Manual is released under the GNU Free Documentation License
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version 1.2 or any later version. (GFDLv1.2+).
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See these files for more details:
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COPYING - GNU General Public License version 2
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COPYING-DOCS - GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2
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NEWS
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----
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Information about changes to this release, and past releases can be
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found in the file:
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NEWS
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INSTALL
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-------
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a. Pre-built Binary
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Many GNU/Linux distributions already provide a pre-built binary
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package for GParted. Instructions on how to install GParted on
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some distributions is given below:
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Debian or Ubuntu
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sudo apt-get install gparted
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Fedora or CentOS/RHEL
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---------------------
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su -
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yum install gparted
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OpenSUSE
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--------
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sudo zypper install gparted
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b. Building from Source
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Briefly, build and install GParted into the default location of
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/usr/local using:
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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This assumes all the dependencies are already installed and builds
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the default configuration.
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The following dependencies are required to build GParted from source:
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g++
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e2fsprogs
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parted
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gnome-common
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gtkmm24
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gettext
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gnome-doc-utils - required if help documentation is to be built
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On Debian or Ubuntu, these dependencies may be obtained by running
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one of the following commands:
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Either;
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sudo apt-get build-dep gparted
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Or;
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sudo apt-get install build-essential e2fsprogs uuid uuid-dev \
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gnome-common libparted-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev \
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libdevmapper-dev gnome-doc-utils docbook-xml
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On Fedora, you will need to run (as root);
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yum install gtkmm24-devel parted-devel e2fsprogs-devel gettext \
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'perl(XML::Parser)' desktop-file-utils libuuid-devel \
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gnome-doc-utils docbook-dtds rarian-compat intltool \
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gnome-common gcc-c++
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yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
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On openSUSE, these dependencies may be obtained by running the
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following commands;
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sudo zypper install automake autoconf make gnome-common \
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libuuid-devel parted-devel gtkmm2-devel \
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gnome-doc-utils-devel docbook-xsl-stylesheets
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sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_c_c++
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Again, build GParted with the default configuration and install into
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the default location of /usr/local using:
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./configure
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make
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sudo make install
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If you wish to build this package without the help documentation use
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the --disable-doc flag:
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E.g., ./configure --disable-doc
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If you wish to build this package for use on a desktop that does not
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support scrollkeeper use the --disable-scrollkeeper flag:
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E.g., ./configure --disable-scrollkeeper
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If you wish to build this package to use native libparted /dev/mapper
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dmraid support use the --enable-libparted-dmraid flag:
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E.g., ./configure --enable-libparted-dmraid
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If you wish to build this package with online resize support then
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the following is required:
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a) Linux kernel version 3.6 or higher.
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b) Libparted with online resize support. Either:
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i) Libparted version 3.2 or later which includes online
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resize support as standard. In this case GParted is
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automatically built with online resize support.
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ii) Online resize support back ported into an earlier version
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of libparted. This is only known to be included in Debian
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and derived distributions with parted version 2.3-14 and
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higher. In this case online resize support must be
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specifically enabled with the --enable-online-resize flag:
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E.g., ./configure --enable-online-resize
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Please note that more than one configure flag can be used:
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E.g., ./configure --disable-doc --enable-libparted-dmraid
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The INSTALL file contains further GNU installation instructions.
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c. Building using a Specific (lib)parted Version
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1) Download the parted version you wish to use (e.g., 3.2) from:
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http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/
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2) Build and install parted.
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Extract parted tarball, configure, make, and sudo make install.
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Note that by default this will install into /usr/local.
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3) Set environment variables to inform the GParted build system to
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use libparted from /usr/local:
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export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
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export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
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export LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/lib
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4) Build gparted using steps listed above in "Building from Source".
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Note that when you run ./configure you should see the specific
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version of parted listed in the check for libparted >= 1.7.1.
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You will also see the libparted version listed when running
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gparted from the command line.
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DIRECTORIES
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------------
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compose - contains String::ucompose() function
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data - contains desktop icons
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doc - contains manual page documentation
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help - contains GParted Manual and international translations
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include - contains source header files
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m4 - contains macro files
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po - contains international language translations
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src - contains C++ source code
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DISTRIBUTION NOTES
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------------------
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Gparted uses GNU libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition
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tables. Several optional packages provide additional file system support.
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Optional packages include:
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btrfs-tools
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e2fsprogs
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f2fs-tools
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dosfstools
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mtools - required to read and write FAT16/32 volume labels and UUIDs
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hfsutils
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hfsprogs
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jfsutils
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nilfs-utils
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ntfsprogs / ntfs-3g
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reiser4progs
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reiserfsprogs
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xfsprogs, xfsdump
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NOTE: * If the vol_id command is in the search PATH, it will be used
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to read linux-swap, reiser4, hfs, and hfs+ file system
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volume labels.
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* If the blkid command is in the search path, it will be used
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to read file system UUIDs and labels. It is also used for
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ext4 file system detection.
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blkid is part of the util-linux package and e2fsprogs
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package before that.
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For dmraid support, the following packages are required:
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dmsetup - removes /dev/mapper entries
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dmraid - lists dmraid devices and creates /dev/mapper entries
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For GNU/Linux distribution dmraid support, the following are required:
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- kernel built with Device Mapping and Mirroring built. From menuconfig,
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it is under Device Drivers -> <something> (RAID & LVM).
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- dmraid drive arrays activated on boot (e.g., dmraid -ay).
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For LVM2 Physical Volume support the following command is required:
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lvm - LVM2 administration tool
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And device-mapper support in the kernel.
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For attempt data rescue for lost partitions, the following package
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is required:
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gpart - guesses PC-type hard disk partitions
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Several more commands are optionally used by GParted if found on the system.
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These commands include:
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blkid - used to read volume labels and detect ext4 file systems
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hdparm - used to query disk device serial numbers
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vol_id - used to read volume labels
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udisks - used to prevent automounting of file systems
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devkit-disks - used to prevent automounting of file systems
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{filemanager} - used in attempt data rescue to display discovered
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file systems. (e.g., nautilus, pcmanfm)
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hal-lock - used to prevent automounting of file systems
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gksudo - used to acquire root privileges in .desktop file,
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but only if available when gparted source is configured.
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gksu - alternatively used to acquire root privileges in .desktop
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file if gksu not available, but only if available when
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gparted source is configured.
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kdesudo - alternatively used to acquire root privileges in .desktop
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file if gksudo and gksu not available, but only if available
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when gparted source is configured.
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xdg-su - alternatively used to acquire root privileges in .desktop
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file if gksudo, gksu, and kdesudo are not available, but only
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if available when gparted source is configured.
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udevinfo - used in dmraid to query udev name
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udevadm - used in dmraid to query udev name
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yelp - used to display help manual
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