> -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: Felix Miata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skickat: den 25 september 2007 15:08 > Till: [email protected] > Ämne: Re: [opensuse] Resizing partitions safely > > On 2007/09/25 09:45 (GMT+0200) Anders Norrbring apparently typed: > > > 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? > > All competent partitioning tools will if necessary automatically resize > the > extended to fit the partitions that can legally be there. If there is > freespace adjacent to an existing logical, that freespace should be > allowed > to be selected in the tool to add another as if it was already part of > the > extended. > > Resizing an extended to a smaller size would be an exercise in > futility. An > extended is actually just a logical construct made up of the individual > partitions it contains, plus any intervening freespace that may exist > between > any of them, plus the MBR partition table entry that points to the > first > logical partition that the extended "contains".
With that I take it that for example Partition Magic can do this? The built in tools in Linux refuse since the "filesystem doesn't support resize"... I'll make a test on another box first... Anders. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
