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[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Norrbring wrote:
> 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?

I would imagine PartEd would work fine. My favorite incarnation for this
is the version found on PartEd Magic found here:

http://distrowatch.com/partedmagic

As mentioned, though, you will first need to resize the internal partitions,
then resize the extended partitions that contain them.

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