New Disk Wizard
Introduction
This is a plugin to add new disks to an Amahi HDA in a "seamless as possible" fashion.
Assumptions and Dependencies
Disk-Wizard enables you to easily manage your disk partitions:
- Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)
- Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions
- Enable and disable partition flags, (e.g., boot or hidden)
- Align partitions to mebibyte (MiB) or traditional cylinder boundaries
- Attempt data rescue from lost partitions
Disk-Wizard works with the following storage devices:
- Hard disk drives (e.g., SATA,IDE, and SCSI)
- Flash memory devices, such as USB memory sticks and Solid State Drives (SSD's)
- RAID Devices (hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID)
- All sector sizes (e.g., devices with 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte sectors and more)
Disk-Wizard does not support logical volume management (LVM2) at present.
The Disk-Wizard uses a wide variety of third party libraries and tools which perform these operations. Disk-Wizard is a frontend, which brings together all these underlying functions and processes, and presents them in a graphical and accessible way.
There is a list of dependencies, or a list of packages required for the program to work. In this occasion, they are file system tools.
- ntfsprogs
- udisks2
- e2fsprogs
- hdparm
Disk-Wizard supports the following actions on file systems:
|
File system |
Detect |
Read |
Create |
Grow |
Shrink |
Move |
Copy |
Check |
Label |
UUID |
Required software |
|
ext2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✓ |
✕ |
e2fsprogs |
|
ext3 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✓ |
✕ |
e2fsprogs |
|
ext4 |
✓ [7] |
✓ |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✓ |
✕ |
e2fsprogs v1.41+ |
|
f2fs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
f2fs-tools |
|
fat16 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
dosfstools |
|
fat32 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
dosfstools |
|
hfs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
hfsutils |
|
hfs+ |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
hfsprogs |
|
jfs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
jfsutils |
|
linux-swap |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
util-linux |
|
lvm2 pv |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
lvm2 |
|
nilfs2 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
nilfs-utils |
|
ntfs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✕ |
✓ |
✕ [11] |
ntfs-3g / ntfsprogs |
|
reiser4 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
reiser4progs |
|
reiserfs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
reiserfsprogs |
|
ufs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
xfs |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
xfsprogs, xfsdump |
Legend:
✓✓ Supported offline and online. For example, unmounted and mounted.
✓ Supported offline only.
✕ Not supported.
N/A Not applicable
