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Disk management in Linux for newbies (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hi guys, wanted to know what the best way a newbie like me learn to do disk management stuff (like adding devices, managing formats and partitions and so on) in Linux mint. gui is prefered but I'm willing to learn the terminal way too if it has benefits and more control. Thank you for your time

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For general maintenance, just the Disks utility that comes bundled. Otherwise, a live ISO of GParted that I keep in case something's up. All GUI and intuitive.

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So gparted is a GUI app I can search and open which is available only in live USB environment for disk management. Am I got it right?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Not quite. Almost. You can install GParted on your Linux Mint, I have it on mine. But to actually do changes to your disk partitions, that partition cannot be mounted (in use). So if you need to change the partition you're currently using, that doesn't help.

So you can download a live USB mini-distro that GParted makes that has GParted in it as well as other recovery tools. So if you need to change your disk or run into issues and need to troubleshoot, boot into that USB stick and you're good.