Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-24 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/23/22 22:41, Tim via users wrote: On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 21:30 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: If they are unused, you don't need to use single-user mode. Just run fdisk on the cli or gparted or Gnome disks in the gui. Delete all the unused partitions and create a new one with the free space.

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-23 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 21:30 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > If they are unused, you don't need to use single-user mode. Just > run fdisk on the cli or gparted or Gnome disks in the gui. Delete > all the unused partitions and create a new one with the free space. Even though you're only modifying

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-23 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/22/22 15:02, Geoffrey Leach wrote: Courtsey of Anaconda, I have 4 contiguous unused partitions. I would like to merge them into a single partition. AFAIK this is the procedure I should follow. backup Boot to single-user use parted rm partitions 2 3 4 resizepart partition 1

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-22 Thread Bill Cunningham
Oh yes and don't forget to run partprobe after changing the partition size. Cheers. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-22 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 5/22/2022 6:02 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: Courtsey of Anaconda, I have 4 contiguous unused partitions. I would like to merge them into a single partition. AFAIK this is the procedure I should follow. backup Boot to single-user use parted rm partitions 2 3 4 resizepart

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-22 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sun, 2022-05-22 at 15:02 -0700, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Courtsey of Anaconda, I have 4 contiguous unused partitions. I would > like to merge them into a single partition. > > AFAIK this is the procedure I should follow. > > backup > Boot to single-user > use parted > rm partitions 2

Re: merging unused partitions

2022-05-22 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 22 May 2022 15:02:06 -0700 Geoffrey Leach wrote: > Do I have it right? Probably, but: I usually boot a live image and run gparted so I can use the less confusing GUI interface to get all the details right (may have to install gparted in the live image first). I'm not sure even single

merging unused partitions

2022-05-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
Courtsey of Anaconda, I have 4 contiguous unused partitions. I would like to merge them into a single partition. AFAIK this is the procedure I should follow. backup Boot to single-user use parted rm partitions 2 3 4 resizepart partition 1 reboot Do I have it right?