Re: FAQ question: what version of Gnu parted supports ext3?

[Jim Meyering]

Stephen McInerney wrote:
> This is a submission for both the
> * Gnu parted FAQ/manual/revision history 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/manual/parted.html
> and the
> * ext3 FAQ (http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html)
>
> I was unable to find in either of these
> "What version of Gnu parted added (basic) support for ext3?"
> All I know is it isn't in v1.6.1 which is what I have, and that's surprising 
> because that's 2006.

ext3 file-system manipulation has never really worked in parted.
In fact, I'm in the process of removing most FS-manipulation-related
code from parted right now.

Use the tools from the e2fsprogs package for that.