Try Partition Magic, or Partition Commander. They should do it for you with minmum fuss and bother.
Robert Clark MCSE, MCP+I, MCP, A+ MIS - Texas Cellular > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of yashpals > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 1:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: resizing partition > > > Hi All, > > Is there any way to increase the partition size without > losing the data on FreeBSD4.2 ? I am getting > > df output as > > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity > Mounted on > > /dev/ad0s2a 127023 84930 31932 73% / > /dev/ad0s2f 1984479 1424788 400933 78% /usr > /dev/ad0s2e 297663 16223 257627 6% /var > /dev/ad0s2g 12171564 6684015 4513824 60% /z > procfs 4 4 > 0 100% /proc > > > > I want to increase the partition for / partition . Can i do > that without > > losing the data on it. Any help will be highly appreciated. > > Thanks to all in advance. > > regards, > yash > >