On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:24:17 -0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > However, GParted apparently does. Can GParted move an ext4 filesystem > to a destination location that overlaps its starting location? > > For example, I have a 500GB partition containing an ext4 filesystem > starting at sector 2048 (1MiB). I want to move that filesystem so that > it starts at sector 3*2048 (3MiB). > > Can that be done in-place? > > Or should I just back up the filesystem to a second drive and start > from scratch?
Given that you'd want to backup before such an operation anyway, you may as well then restore from that backup. I'm sure it will be a lot quicker than GParted's moving all the data around. -- Neil Bothwick He who laughs last thinks slowest!
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