Re: resize ext3 partitions?

[Tom Pfeifer <tplists@optonline.net>]

Matt Price wrote:
> 
> hi folks,
> 
> so, I tried tor esize a couple of ext3 partitions today using parted &
> qtparted and had trouble with both.  Then I oogled around and it seems
> support for ext3 is broken on parted.  Soooo.... what do folsk do when
> they need to resize an ext3 partition?
> 
> thanks,
> matt
> 

You can also use resize2fs (included in the e2fsprogs package).

That program only resizes the file system, so the partition itself has
to be changed with the partitioning program of your choice. The man page
for resize2fs has the additional information you need.

Tom