Re: resizing a partition with GNU parted
>>>>> "burningclown" == burningclown <burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com> writes:
burningclown> Unfortunately, the
burningclown> partition I want to resize (/dev/hda3) is the one where
burningclown> parted is installed -- when I run parted and try to
burningclown> resize /dev/hda3, I get a warning telling me that the
burningclown> partition is in use.
burningclown> Is this warning safe to ignore? I'm real doubtful. The
No. Never ignore that warning!
You will have to create a boot disk to resize that partition. IIRC,
there is a pre-made image available from the parted website. You could
try that one. (Since you have an IDE disk, it should work.)
If it doesn't work, you *will* have to create your own boot disks.
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