Re: resize partitions using parted

2002-10-08 Thread Sven Hartrumpf
Anybody ever try to resize partitions using parted? Did it work ok? Used it. Loved it. Broke it :-}. Read the docs and only use it as it says. Heed the warnings about meddling with the root partition. Did you run into this problem when you ran parted from a floppy disk after booting from

Re: resize partitions using parted

2002-10-01 Thread Andy Saxena
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:53:03AM -0400, John F Davis wrote: Hello Anybody ever try to resize partitions using parted? Did it work ok? Used it. Loved it. Broke it :-}. Read the docs and only use it as it says. Heed the warnings about meddling with the root partition. I have a box which

resize partitions using parted

2002-09-30 Thread John F Davis
Hello Anybody ever try to resize partitions using parted? Did it work ok? I have a box which was setup with one large root partition and no /boot partition. It was just supposed to be a test install, but it has grown into a working box and I would rather fix it to use multiple partitions than

Re: resize partitions using parted

2002-09-30 Thread Matthias Szupryczynski
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 00:53, John F Davis wrote: Anybody ever try to resize partitions using parted? Did it work ok? I used it a couple of times now, and I never had problems with it, but I would strongly advise you to backup all relevant data before doing it .. playing with the partition