On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:28:49 +0000 Hugo Mills <h...@carfax.org.uk> wrote:
> As long as the start of the partition isn't changed, deleting and > resizing in fdisk isn't damaging. It's just... slightly disconcerting. > :) For that reason I very much prefer the cfdisk implementation from the gnu-fdisk package. It has an option to really resize the partition. While resizing the filesystem within it will usually fail, the dialog goes like this: Select the patition, click "Resize". "Failed to resize filesystem, change partition size (EXPERT)?" - "Yes" "Start location? [Fixed start], [Specify different]?" - "Fixed start" "Partition size? [Max is nnnnMB]" - "nnnnMB". Done. -- With respect, Roman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Stallman had a printer, with code he could not see. So he began to tinker, and set the software free."
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