I want to move space from my /home and add it to /. I was told this proceedure works
tar -jcvpf root-date.tar.bz2 / tar -jcvpf home-date.tar.bz2 /home
fdisk /dev/hdX (delete partitions, create new ones)
mke2fs -j all partitions
cd / tar -jvxpf root-date.tar.bz2 cd /home tar -jvxpf home-date.tar.bz2
All attempts to use this have resulted in dammage to the extended partition requiring me to restore the partitions or remake them with fdisk. It seems this proceedure does not work in Suse 9.1. The resulting files are too large for a cdrom so I must mount the target drive on another system and as root mounting ONLY those partitions I need to restore, I begin the restore. No error messages but when I shutdown and remove that drive and put it in the other system and attempt to boot, the extended partition is dammaged so that the legacy system can not see its other partitions. In the third attempt I could not even boot the harddrive without fdisk/fbr and restoring the system with sys. I also lost the setting of the active partition which was hda Even going to the extreme of having these two partitions made primarys to prevent contact with the extended partition failed to protect the system from failure. The other OS on this system is legacy windows. I need it for programs not existing in winblows or *nix. It appears that there is a point of no return for Suse which now requires its own HD even though I had it working before but only with a 96% full small / of just over 4.5gig. What program can I buy, steal or download which will do what Suse can not without dammage to my system. I can reinstall 9.1 on my system but the restore destroys access. CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today!
Carl wrote regarding '[SLE] Resizing without reinstall?' on Fri, Sep 03 at 08:02:
I want to move space from my /home and add it to /.
I was told this proceedure works
tar -jcvpf root-date.tar.bz2 / tar -jcvpf home-date.tar.bz2 /home
fdisk /dev/hdX (delete partitions, create new ones)
mke2fs -j all partitions
cd / tar -jvxpf root-date.tar.bz2 cd /home tar -jvxpf home-date.tar.bz2
All attempts to use this have resulted in dammage to the extended partition requiring me to restore the partitions or remake them with fdisk. It seems this proceedure does not work in Suse 9.1. [...] What program can I buy, steal or download which will do what Suse can not without dammage to my system.
I can reinstall 9.1 on my system but the restore destroys access.
Partition Magic should handle resizing if you're using ext2. There's a program called "resize2fs" or "resizereiserfs" for ext2 and reiser. You may also look into "parted", since you already have backups. I've moved partitions around using parted, and it works well. You'll want to shrink the /home partition using resize2fs, then physically shrink that one and grow the other with parted, and finally grow the / with resize2fs. IMHO. Or just buy partition magic and let ti take care of the problem. It oughtta work. --Danny
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Carl William Spitzer IV
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Danny Sauer