Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

["Anders Norrbring" <lists@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.

I just thought I'd let you know that PartEd Magic worked perfect! It took almost 22 hours, but it did get the job done without a single error.

Thanks for the tip!
Anders.


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