I just came across a new distro called Parted Magic. This distro is made to handle partitions efficiently. I think this can be very helpful for offline partition handling for all types of partitions.
The latest version of Parted Magic is 2.1 and an be downloaded from –
http://partedmagic.com/wiki/PartedMagic.php?n=PartedMagic.Downloads
Other details (including screen shots ) can be attained from — www.partedmagic.com
