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Re: ext2resize: anyone know know to use it?



Quoting Peter S Galbraith (GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca):
> 
> Does anyone know what to do with ext2resize?
> The docs quickly explain how to resize a filesystem in a file,
> but not one in a partition.  I assume the partition table must be
> changed as well but it does say how, and in what order.

I can only believe that a filesystem size must be <= partition size.
In other words, expand a partition first, contract a filesystem first.
But backup the essentials before doing either!

Cheers,

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