On 2014-05-29 11:14 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
I used a Linux Rescue CD and, IIRC, the tool was GParted. However, you still won't be able to resize the extended partition. You'll have to backup (always a good idea) the partitions, then remove and recreate the extended partitions and then restore the partitions.
The better, more intelligent partitioning tools capable of moves and resizes either: 1-make existence of any "extended" partition transparent, or 2-automatically make the size of the "extended" the sum total of all contiguous logicals plus contiguous freespace. IOW, it *should* not be necessary to ever take any explicit step to create or resize an "extended", which is nothing but one MBR table entry plus zero or more sectors used to define logical(s), not a place any filesystem or LV can be installed. Explicit management of extended size or existence is an unnecessary complication except possibly WRT to the occasional existence of non-contiguous primaries in conjunction with multiple freespace and/or logicals on the same device, which can be handled without anything more than saying what to do to enable use of otherwise unusable space, e.g. move a primary to butt against another to move one freespace into contiguity with another. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org