On Sat, 2011-07-02 at 00:02 +1000, CaT wrote: > On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 02:45:15PM +0100, Joao Ferreira Gmail wrote: > > Hello, > > > > can I somehow join 2 ext3 partitions ? > > > > /dev/sda6 28G 15G 12G 56% /media/armazem > > /dev/sda7 19G 8.2G 9.3G 47% /media/despensa > > > > they both contain data. > > It's fun danger time. :) > > They're small. Perhaps compressing onto a usb stick would be a go as a first > step. > > Then you have two options: > > 1. copy and resize > a. copy data in sda7 to sda6 > b. with fdisk -c -u not the beginning of 6 and end of 7 > c. delete 6 and 7 > d. recreate 6 so that it begins where 6 did and ends where 7 did and save > - very important to get right. most important is to get the beginning > exactly the same. if you cannot, quit without saving and go for option > 2. > - ending is less important. don't fret there > e. if sda is in use, reboot after commening out their entries in /etc/fstab > f. fsck the fs on 6 (the new 6) > g. use resize2fs to resize that filesystem > h. adjust fstab as appropriate
yes. this is mostly what I ended up doing. I elimnated sda7 (data in it was not really that important). Then I unmounted both and used gparted to increase sda6 into the sda7 free space. gparted did his job really great. at the end I commented 1 line out in /etc/fstab :) I considered a union mount but I wasn't feeling very confortable with the ideia :p cheers. thx a lot. > 2. format and copy back > a. do b-e from above > b. mkfs.ext3 (or 4 if you want) on 6 > c. copy from usb stick > d. adjust fstab as appropriate > > Fun times ahead. :) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1309532422.2395.3.ca...@wheejy.critical.pt