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["Anders Norrbring" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Från: Felix Miata [mailto:mrmazda@xxxxxx]
> Skickat: den 25 september 2007 15:08
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> Ämne: Re: [opensuse] Resizing partitions safely
> 
> On 2007/09/25 09:45 (GMT+0200) Anders Norrbring apparently typed:
> 
> > Is there a way to "safely" resize extended partitions? I have a 2TB
> > extended partition that has some reiserfs partitions inside and I'd
> like
> > to shrink it without data loss.
> 
> > Sure, full backup etc... But it's not an easy option in this case.
> 
> > Can some tool like Partition Magic be used, or any other?
> 
> 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...

Anders.


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