Re: resizing root partition

[ronin2@bellatlantic.net]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 22:16:15 +0200
Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be> wrote:

> >    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> >    /dev/hdc1   *         1      5817   2931736+  83  Linux
> >    /dev/hdc2         57921     58168    124992    5  Extended
> >    /dev/hdc3          5818     57920  26259912   83  Linux
> >    /dev/hdc5         57921     58168    124960+  82  Linux swap
> > 
> > /dev/hdc1 is my root partition, and is, as you see, around 3BG;
> > /dev/hdc3 is my /home partition, and runs around 25GB. I allocated
> > around 128MB to swap (/dev/hdc5).
> > 
> > Can I repartition this drive? The /home partition currently shows only
> > 29% usage (about 50% of which will be thrown on to CD-R shortly).
> 
> You can resize (shrink) /dev/hdc3 with parted. I don't remember the
> exact command syntax, but it should be easy

If all the partitions involved were primary, or if all the partitions
involved were extended/logical there wouldn't be a problem.

I don't know about robbing from an extended/logical partition to pay a
primary partition. :)

Kevin