Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2217 mails)

[Jonathan Arnold <jdarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Norrbring wrote:
>> 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.

Holy moly, 22 hours!!! A more patient man than I, Gunga Din, but I'm
glad to hear it worked.

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