Re: Resizing partition
Thanks. I should know better than to forget to RTFM before consulting the list.
Dave
On 7/27/05, Roby <ElectricalSciences@adelphia.net> wrote:
> David Berg wrote:
>
> > I have some dead space on my disk before logical partition hda7 that I
> > want to add to hda7. Parted is not letting me resize or move the
> > partition to include the dead space. Is there another utility that
> > might or should I just plan on restoring from backup?
> >
> > Does anyone know why parted could grow a partition from the end but
> > not the beginning?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dave Berg
>
> It's a filesystem issue. From the parted documentation:
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Parted has support for these operations:
> # Filesystem detect create resize copy check
> # ext2 * * *1 *2 *3
> # ext3 * *1 *2 *3
> # fat16 * * *4 *4 *
> # fat32 * * * * *
> # hfs *
> # jfs *
> # linux-swap * * * * *
> # ntfs *
> # reiserfs * *5 *1,5 *5 *3,5
> # ufs *
> # xfs * NOTES: (1) The start of the partition must stay fixed for ext2,
> ext3
> and reiserfs. (2) The partition you copy to must be bigger (or exactly the
> same size) as the partition you copy from. (3) Limited checking is done
> when the file system is opened. This is the only checking at the moment.
> All commands (including resize) will gracefully fail, leaving the file
> system intact, if there are any errors in the file system (and the vast
> majority of errors in general). (4) The size of the new partition, after
> resizing or copying, is restricted by the cluster size for fat (mainly
> affects FAT16). This is worse than you think, because you don't get to
> choose your cluster size (it's a bug in Windows, but you want
> compatibility, right?). So, in practise, you can always shrink your
> partition (because Parted can shrink the cluster size), but you may not be
> able to grow the partition to the size you want. If you don't have any
> problems with using FAT32, you will always be able to grow the partition to
> the size you want. Summary: you can always shrink your partition. If you
> can't use FAT32 for some reason, you may not be able to grow your
> partition. (5) Reiserfs support is enabled if you install libreiserfs,
> available at http://reiserfs.osdn.org.ua. (It is likely to be availabe soon
> from www.namesys.com... tell us if/when this happens!)
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