> On 2007/09/25 10:10 (GMT-0400) Anders Norrbring apparently typed: > > >> Från: Felix Miata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> All competent partitioning tools will if necessary automatically > resize the > >> extended to fit the partitions that can legally be there. If there > is > >> freespace adjacent to an existing logical, that freespace should be > allowed > >> to be selected in the tool to add another as if it was already part > of the > >> extended. > > >> Resizing an extended to a smaller size would be an exercise in > futility. An > >> extended is actually just a logical construct made up of the > individual > >> partitions it contains, plus any intervening freespace that may > exist between > >> any of them, plus the MBR partition table entry that points to the > first > >> logical partition that the extended "contains". > > > With that I take it that for example Partition Magic can do this? > The built in tools in Linux refuse since the "filesystem doesn't > support resize"... > > I'll make a test on another box first... > > I recommend avoiding PM whenever possible, as it likes to prefer windoz > methods where standards are unclear. Parted, Gparted & Qparted all > ought to > be able to do it if sfdisk and cfdisk cannot. Also look at fips. > > Anyway, there is no filesystem on any extended partition The > filesystems are > all on individual partitions, just as with primary partitions. Each may > or > may not be resizable according to the actual filesystem installed. > > Maybe you should give us your partitioning scheme and plan so we can > see what > your actual obstacle(s) may be. > > I stick to one cross-platform tool: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/
This isn't from the actual box, but it's a similar setup (can't seem to screenshot the current one): /dev/sdc1 1 19582 157292383+ 83 Linux /dev/sdc2 19583 243132 1795665375 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdc5 19583 30027 83891430 83 Linux /dev/sdc6 32638 243132 1690801056 83 Linux sdc1 is xfs sdc5 and sdc6 are reiserfs Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
