Thanks. I should know better than to forget to RTFM before consulting the list.
Dave On 7/27/05, Roby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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!) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >