Thierry Chatelet <tchate...@free.fr> writes: > On Friday 23 October 2009 04:20:23 Kevin Ross wrote: >> > From: Kushal Koolwal [mailto:kushalkool...@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.
You can resize it on the disk while the system is running, but the kernel won't recognize the changes. I think there is a way (using sysfs?) to tell the kernel to reread the partition table, but I haven't been able to find it. Of course, as others have suggested, it would be much safer to do it all offline. Does anybody else know if there is a way to reread the partion table an a running system? -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org