Re: Merge Extra free space into current linux partition

[Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr>]

On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote:
> > From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkoolwal@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:32 PM
> >
> >
> > I am using Debian Lenny on x86 computer installed on my SATA
> > hard drive - /dev/sda5.
> >
> > # cfdisk /dev/sda
> > **************************************************************
> > *****************
> >     sda1        Boot        Primary   FAT16          [DOS     
> >    ]      2146.80
> >     sda2                    Primary   NTFS             []     
> >          10001.95
> >     sda5                    Logical   Linux ext3              
> >          15002.92
> >                             Pri/Log   Free Space              
> >         132887.63
> > **************************************************************
> > *****************
> >
> > I would like to merge all the extra Free Space (132887.63) as
> > shown above into my current Debian partition (/dev/sda5).
> >
> > How can I do that without having to move all the data and
> > reformatting/re-creating partition.
> >
> > Kushal Koolwal
> 
> Use fdisk (or similar tool) to change the end cylinder of the partition to
> the end of the disk.  Do not change the start cylinder.  Then run
>  "resize2fs /dev/sda5" to grow the filesystem to take up the rest of the
>  space.
> 
> Oh, of course make sure you have a backup first.
> 

Is it possible to resize a mounted partition? If not, then you can use a live 
cd of gparted.
Thierry