As root, type 'resize' and press TAB twice ;-) There's a family of commands depending on your filesystem.
BE WARNED YOU MAY LOSE DATA, BACKUP FIRST. The general procedure is not for the faint hearted or inexperienced user. First you shuffle the data with the resize command, then you adjust the partition table by deleting the partition concerned and then re-creating it ensuring you get the same starting cylinder, then create the other partitions out of the remaining space, then reboot to ensure the system has the correct idea about the new partition layout, then and only then should you mkfs the new partition. Naturally, all this should be done in single user mode or from a rescue disk. On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Tiwari, Rajnish wrote: > Fellow Sluggers, > > I have redhat 9.0 on a laptop and need to place > more installations on separate partitions. > The current install has one big partition and > boots from MBR (from memory). > > Is it possible to resize a ext2 partition ? > What tools are available on Redhat 9.0 that may > allow me to do this ? The intention is to leave > intact the current installation. > > Uh.. one of the new partitions will house Rh8.0 > and another will be win2k. Please do suggest > things I must be on the lookout for (particularly > with win2k around - eg grub conflicts etc). > > As I have never installed OSes in that order (linux > first and then windows 2nd or 3rd), I will appreciate > your thoughts and esteemed experience in this issue. > > Thanking you all in anticipation. > > Regards, > Rajnish > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
