Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
Thanks. Shall try it. Also, never knew about apt-cached show . It's very good, actually. Thanks for it too. ;-) Once upon a time, Marco Parrone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed: >... >> I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. >> Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. >> What software should I use? >... > >i think you should use parted, but i've never used it, >and i don't know if it work well or not. >you can see "apt-cache show parted" for info about it or search at >http://www.gnu.org in the software section. > >bye > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -_-_-_-_End of Original Message-_-_-_-_-_-_-Know Gnu, Know Freedom_ -V.Suresh. Sureshvuserssourceforgenet Http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh -- ---Powered by Debian Potato--- 10:51pm up 3:49, 4 users, load average: 0.93, 0.41, 0.21 -Created with Mutt, Sent by Exim - No Microsoft Products Used-
Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
ext2resize On Sat, 19 May 2001, V.Suresh wrote: > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > What software should I use? > > > > -V.Suresh. Sureshvuserssourceforgenet > Http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh >-- >---Powered by Debian Potato--- > 10:01pm up 2:58, 3 users, load average: 1.05, 1.01, 1.00 >-Created with Mutt, Sent by Exim - No Microsoft Products Used- > > > -- The Internet must be a medium for it is neither Rare nor Well done! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">John Galt
Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:02:13PM +0600, V.Suresh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > What software should I use? There are "nondestructive" repartitioning tools. All of them strongly recommend that you back up your data. All of them can completely foul up your system. My preference is full system backups to tape or networked storage, and repartitioning via fdisk. http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/partition.html Cheers. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpXCxuKmwhmc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
To resize your root partition with parted, there is a boot disk available at the parted site here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/parted/ You need a boot disk for this since the partition being resized can't be mounted. Tom "V.Suresh" wrote: > > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > What software should I use? > > > > -V.Suresh. Sureshvuserssourceforgenet >Http://www16.brinkster.com/vsuresh
Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
Marco Parrone wrote: > > ... > > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > > What software should I use? > ... > > i think you should use parted, but i've never used it, > and i don't know if it work well or not. > you can see "apt-cache show parted" for info about it or search at > http://www.gnu.org in the software section. > I "second" this suggestion. I've used parted many, many times to resize and copy partitions, and I have been amazed at its functionality and stability. Go to gnu.org to read its documentation. -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
Re: channging partition sizes without data loss
... > I want to shorten my 1 Gig root partition. To around 300-400 MB. > Without losing data. I mean, just want to resize the partition. > What software should I use? ... i think you should use parted, but i've never used it, and i don't know if it work well or not. you can see "apt-cache show parted" for info about it or search at http://www.gnu.org in the software section. bye
