Jochen, Darac: thanks for replies! Is it possible to "slide" partition using the tools included with e2fsprogs package as well? Or is the GNU Parted only option here if I want to make changes over CLI?
regards, martin Kuupäeval 26. märts 2012 17:28 kirjutas Darac Marjal <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 10:50:27PM +0000, Martin T wrote: >> I have a 500GB((131072000*4096)/1024^3) ext3 filesystem: >> > [cut] >> >> Is it possible to make partition smaller starting from the beginning? >> If yes, do I need to somehow start file system from the end of the >> partition? > > Not directly. Try installing gparted (package: gparted). This will give > you a graphical interface which will allow you to resize the partition > as you're wanting. You will probably become aware that, no, taking space > off the beginning of the partition is not possible, but it IS possible > to take space off the END of the partition and then "slide" the > partition towards the end of the space. > > The same is possible (I think) using the CLI parted, if you don't have > X. Note also that ext3 does NOT support online shrinking (you can make > it larger, but to make it smaller you MUST umount it). > > > -- > Darac Marjal > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJx5YvEnEV4+xCPZVLm-oH0ZUsgPBDYEK0=xpm7mhoscktm...@mail.gmail.com
