What alternatives to the parted program (programs for linux) are there
in partition resizing? I want to resize an ext3-partition.

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pango <fotterst@broadpark.no> trolled:
> What alternatives to the parted program (programs for linux) are there
> in partition resizing? I want to resize an ext3-partition.

Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You
_do_ have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?

cordially, as always,

rm

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Realto Margarino wrote:

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> pango <fotterst@broadpark.no> trolled:
>> What alternatives to the parted program (programs for linux) are there
>> in partition resizing? I want to resize an ext3-partition.
>
> Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You
> _do_ have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
I think you can do this with a Parititon Magic 8 diskette, from a simply DOS
boot.

pango wrote:

> What alternatives to the parted program (programs for linux) are there
> in partition resizing? I want to resize an ext3-partition.

First, you could e2fsck the ext3 partition after unmounting it and then
run resize2fs the ext3 partition (remember that an ext3 partition is
just an ext partition with journaling. Resize2fs is part of the e2fs
program suite so if you have a recent version, you have a copy of it
available to run.

I also wonder just why you're avoiding parted since it seems to work for
most folks but hopefully a tool available in standard slackware will
suffice.

Art Clemons wrote:

> I also wonder just why you're avoiding parted since it seems to work for
> most folks but hopefully a tool available in standard slackware will
> suffice.

Actually tried to do that, today. Parted refused, complaining that the
filesystem had features that would not allow it. I'm guessing that's the
journal.

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Old Man

Old Man wrote:

> Actually tried to do that, today.**Parted*refused,*complaining*that
> the filesystem had features that would not allow it.**I'm*guessing
> that's*the journal.
>

First, I assume you got the latest version of Parted either from
LinuxPackages or compiled it yourself, if you do, it will definitely
resize ext3 partitions as well as reiserfs partitions with the proper
reiserfs libraries. There are some tricks like the start of the
partition has to remain the same, although the end does not and my
statement about running e2fsck or its reiserfs equivalent on the
partition in question before beginning is also true for parted. Parted
so far doesn't work on NTFS partitions but it does work on FAT16 &
FAT32 as well.

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 02:17:14 +0000, Ralph Alvy wrote:


>> Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You _do_
>> have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?
>>
>> cordially, as always,
>>
>> rm
> I think you can do this with a Parititon Magic 8 diskette, from a simply
> DOS boot.

Yes. With pm you can lose forever every partition you wish. Without any
possibility of recovery.

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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 23:10:20 -0500, Art wrote:
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> First, I assume you got the latest version of Parted either from
> LinuxPackages or compiled it yourself, if you do, it will definitely
> resize ext3 partitions as well as reiserfs partitions with the proper
> reiserfs libraries.

I believe the version of parted in /extra (parted-1.6.15 is in
- -current, not sure which version is in slackware 10) would work too.

Brad

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Art Clemons wrote:

> Old Man wrote:
>
> First, I assume you got the latest version of Parted either from
> LinuxPackages or compiled it yourself, if you do, it will definitely
> resize ext3 partitions as well as reiserfs partitions with the proper
> reiserfs libraries.

Well, it was _not_ the latest version. In fact, it was probably quite old.
Thanks.

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Old Man

Realto Margarino wrote:

> Forget linux. Partition Magic for windoze cannot be beat. You
> _do_ have a windoze partition for emergencies, don't you?
>

I tried Partition Magic (8.0)first. It refused to read the partition table
- error 108, "partition doesn't end at end of cylinder." That's what sent
me to parted. Thanks, anyway, Roger, now fuck off.

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Old Man