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+ <head>
+ <title>DiskDrake</title>
+ </head>
+ <body bgcolor="#ffffff">
+
+<center>
+<table width=80% border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=10>
+<tr>
+<td bgcolor=#ffffff>
+
+ <p>
+ <img src="images/diskdrake1-def.jpg" alt="diskdrake logo" width=400 height=100>
+ <p>
+
+ <H2>I- What's it?</H2>
+
+ The purpose of the DiskDrake project is to make easier the hard disk
+ partitionning. It is graphical, simple and powerful. The license is
+ the GPL (General Public License).
+ <BR>
+ Different skill levels will be available (newbie, advanced user, expert).
+ <BR>
+ It's written entirely in Perl and Perl/Gtk. It uses resize_fat which is
+ a perl rewrite of the work of Andrew Clausen (libresize).
+ <P>
+ DiskDrake is a project from MandrakeSoft, the company behind the popular
+ <a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com">Linux-Mandrake</a>
+ operating-system.
+ <P>
+ A <A href="http://www.eatel.net/~john/diskdrake/faq.html">FAQ</A> is in construction.
+
+ <H2>II - What's available now</H2>
+
+ DiskDrake should be usable now...
+
+ it can:
+ <UL>
+ <LI> create partitions
+ <LI> delete partitions
+ <LI> change type of partition
+ <LI> format partitions
+ <LI> assign a mount point (<IMG SRC="/images/updated.gif" ALT="updated"><SMALL>(21/07/99)</SMALL> propose a list
+ of classic mount points and verify the mount point is valid)
+ <LI> mount partitions
+ <LI> resize fat partitions
+ <LI> resize partitions (when not caring loosing its data)
+ <LI> clear partition table
+ <LI> auto allocation (usefull for install)
+ <LI> write fstab
+ </UL>
+
+with nice contextual menu (shortcuts available, but dangerous as all actions are
+available, whereas with the contextual menu these actions are hidden. This will
+change)
+
+ <P><IMG SRC="/images/updated.gif" ALT="updated"><SMALL>(25/07/99)</SMALL>
+ A new Expert button appear now. It toggles between
+ expert and normal mode. Some changes in information displayed:
+ <UL>
+ <LI> when you click (or focus) the drive tab (eg: hda), you get
+ information about your drive: size, geometry
+ (cylinders/sectors/heads number), type (eg: IBM DDRS-39130D), and bus/id.
+ In normal mode you have only the size.
+ <LI> the windows drive letter (eg: C: D: ...)
+ <LI> the `start sector' information from normal mode, it still appears in
+ expert mode
+ <LI> the start&end cylinder of each partition is now displayed in expert
+ mode
+ <LI> the type is displayed numerically in expert mode
+ </UL>
+
+ <P><IMG SRC="/images/updated.gif" ALT="updated"><SMALL>(25/07/99)</SMALL>
+ The mount point in the `Create' window and `Change type' window is now a
+ combo box. It lets you choose between classical mount points (/ /usr /var
+ ...) but with already allocated mount points removed.
+
+ <H2>III - Actual developpment</H2>
+
+ We need people!!!
+
+ <UL>
+ <LI><B>Tests</B> and remove bugs (no known yet :)
+ <LI>integrate ext2resize (which has been release in version 1.0.0 <IMG
+ SRC="/images/updated.gif" ALT="updated"><SMALL>(26/07/99)</SMALL>)
+ <LI>add possibility to move partition without loosing data (by copying all
+ data) <IMG SRC="/images/updated.gif" ALT="updated">
+ <LI>Improve the look
+ <LI>Add a text-only version
+ <LI>Help text, tutorial...
+ <LI>Internationalization
+ <LI>Add some features...
+ <LI>Packaging (rpm, deb, slp...)
+ </UL>
+
+ <H2>IV- ScreenShot</H2>
+
+ Warning: features was the main focus, so don't be too hard :)
+
+ <P>
+ <CENTER><IMG SRC="1.gif"></IMG></CENTER>
+ <CENTER>DiskDrake main interface</CENTER>
+
+ <BR>
+ <CENTER><IMG SRC="3.gif"></IMG></CENTER>
+ <CENTER>create dialog box</CENTER>
+
+ <H2>V - Contacts</H2>
+
+ A Mailing List has been created to allow developpers to discuss about DiskDrake.<BR>
+
+ <P>
+ Send a mail to: <A HREF="mailto:sympa@linux-mandrake.com">sympa@linux-mandrake.com</A>
+
+ <BR>Put in the subject: subscribe diskdrake
+ <BR>When you're subscribed, send your messages to: <A HREF="mailto:diskdrake@linux-mandrake.com">diskdrake@linux-mandrake.com</A>
+
+ <P>Otherwise you can contact directly the <A HREF="mailto:pixel@linux-mandrake.com">project leader</A>.
+
+ <H2>VI - Download</H2>
+
+ Warning: You must have <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/Gtk/Gtk-Perl-0.5121.tar.gz">Gtk-Perl</a>.
+ You can get the rpm from the <a href="http://linux-mandrake.com/cooker/">Cooker</a> distribution.
+
+ <P>You also need perl version 5.00503 or better
+
+ <P> Here you can find the plain tgz or a rpm:
+ <a href="ftp://ftp.phys.ttu.edu/pub/mandrake-devel/contrib/others/diskdrake/">diskdrake</a> (Other mirrors in <a href="http://linux-mandrake.com/cooker/">Cooker</a>)
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<p>
+<a href="/en/fpowerpack.php3"><img src="/images/mandrake6.0-loop.gif" width=468 height=60 alt="Mandrake 6.0 PowerPack"></a>
+</center>
+ </body>
+ <address><a href="mailto:pixel@linux-mandrake.com"></a></address>
+</html>