man page out of date: "NAME GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program
KNOWN ISSUES ext3 filesystem functionality does not currently work. To manage ext3 type filesystems use tools like resize2fs(8) or mke2fs(8). Note that the currently supported ext2 filesystem will be deprecated once ext3 support is finalized. Further note that ext3 support will have limited functionality that is yet to be defined. Use tools like resize2fs(8) and mke2fs(8) to manage these types of filesystems. To manually resize an ext3 filesystem and/or a partition use resize2fs(8), fdisk(8) or similar tools. " 2007 March 29 Is that true anymore? _______________________________________________ bug-parted mailing list bug-parted@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-parted