Mick <[email protected]> [15-07-31 03:32]: > On Thursday 30 Jul 2015 20:18:36 Todd Goodman wrote: > > * [email protected] <[email protected]> [150730 14:32]: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a SDcard of this layout: > > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > > > > > > 1 4194kB 32.0GB 32.0GB primary fat32 lba > > > > > > There are about 11 GByte of data on it. > > > > > > The final result should be a SDcard with two partitions. > > > First a FAT32 with about 20GByte and a second with 10GByte > > > (ext4). > > > > > > I took a look at parted and the resize command, which sounds > > > > > > a little cryptic to me: > > > resizepart partition end > > > > > > Change the end position of partition. Note that > > > this does not modify any filesystem present in > > > the partition. > > > > > > One should use resize2f for that purpose. > > > > > > Firstly I want to shrink the first partition and secondly it is a > > > plain FAT32 partition not ext-something. I did not find a > > > "resizefat32" or similiar. > > > > > > What tools do I need? > > > (beside the way to backup the SDcard, reinitialize it, put 2 > > > partitions on it and copy back the stuff.) > > > > > > How can I acchieve what I want? > > > > > > Thank you very much in advance for any help! > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Meino > > > > Hi Meino, > > > > The "difficulty" with shrinking partitions is that you need to shrink > > the filesystem in the partition first and then change the partition > > information (which you can then do if you're careful with your favorite > > partition tool.) > > > > There are definitely tools to do this and I'm surprised parted says it > > doesn't touch the filesystem in the partition (but that might have been > > a recent parted change?) > > > > Personally, since you're going to play around with the partitions and > > resizing existing filesystems, you should really have a backup. > > > > If you're going to have a backup then the easiest thing to me is to > > create new partitions and then filesystems and then restore from the > > backup. > > > > However, if you really want to live dangerously, the last gparted boot > > disc image I used could shrink FAT32 filesystems and partitions. You > > might want to see if it still can do so. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Todd > > Don't forget to defrag the filesystem first! If you were making it larger > then it wouldn't matter, but if you are shrinking it, then you want your > files > to be contiguous and not sprayed all over the partition. > > -- > Regards, > Mick
Hi all, thanks a lot for all your help ! :))) I did a back up and tried gparted with success! YEAH! Have a nice weekend! Best regards, Meino
