Partition Manager 1.00

Partition Manager is a self-contained disc initialising and partitioning tool that can replace HForm and various bespoke IDEFS partitioning tools. It has a Wimp interface familiar to partitioning tools under Windows or Linux and supports MBR, GPT and bespoke partitioning use by IDEFS Podules.

Suitable for RISC OS 3 through to the latest RISC OS 5 and supports most filesystems, including the majority of 26-bit IDE Podules under RISC OS 3.×.

Download either directly or via PackMan using the JASPP source (https://www.jaspp.org.uk/packages/release)

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Nice!! Should be a part of the ROM ;-)

Should be a part of the ROM ;-)

Things like this have no business being part of the ROM, but it would be appropriate to be in the HardDisc4 image, in Caution, along with HForm.

Fantastic work Jon, thanks.

I am slightly irritated by the text “E, old map” which hopefully cannot exist anywhere.

I am slightly irritated by the text “E, old map” which hopefully cannot exist anywhere.

That’s the mock-up screenshot – I’ve not bothered updating to an actual screenshot

What’s the largest disc it can deal with, prior to partioning?

What’s the largest disc it can deal with, prior to partitioning?

The largest drive Partition Manager can handle internally is 2^64-1 sectors.

The largest drive the OS can handle depends on a combination of the Filesystem, Filesystem version and the FileCore version. 2^28-1 sectors is the current max size with FileCore.

I was very pleased to see this, (OK a month late) it is something RISC OS has needed for ages. In fact it inspired me to make the effort to get RISC OS running online again (I tried with a Pi 400 a few months ago, with no luck, still no luck, but I found out it is unsupported this time, so I’m using an old 3+ to type this).